Dale Lund, PhD

Contact Information:

• Mailing Address:
• University of Utah
• College of Nursing
• 10 South 2000 East
• Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880
• Phone: (801) 581-8199
• FAX: (801) 581-4642
• E-mail: dale.lund@nurs.utah.edu

Background:

Dr. Lund is a professor of gerontology and sociology and the University of Utah and has been director of the university-wide Gerontology Center since 1988. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1979 and has been on the faculty at the College of Nursing since 1980. He also has been a faculty member at North Dakota State University and Valdosta State College in Georgia. Under Dr. Lund's directorship, the gerontology center developed a Master's Degree Program in Gerontology (1993) becoming only the second MS Program in an 8 state region. Dr Lund is internationally known for his research and scholarship related to coping with difficult life transitions in later life, particularly family caregiving and spousal bereavement. He is a member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement, founder of the Death, Dying & Bereavement Interest Group within the Gerontological Society of America, member of the American Society on Aging and past president of the Utah Gerontological Society. He has been the recipient of numerous teaching, scholarship and community service awards including the Utah Hospice Person of the Year (1988), Outstanding Researcher from the international Association for Death Education and counseling (1996), the Charles Redd Prize from the Utah Academy of Sciences, Art and Letters (1998) and the Pioneer Award from the Utah Gerontological Society (2000). He also has been actively involved in community service having served for 6 years on the Utah Alzheimer's Association Board including president for 2 years and on the boards of the Utah Cancer Society, Utah Gerontological Society and Community Nursing Services.

Research Program/ Scholarly Activity:

Dr. Lund has authored or co-authored over 70 journal articles and book chapters and edited two books primarily in the areas of family caregiving and respite services, bereavement and grief, and later life transitions. His two books include Older Bereaved Spouses (Hemisphere/Taylor & Francis, 1989) and Men Coping with Grief (Baywood, 2000). He has made invited presentations throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Norway and Netherlands. His research has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, Administration on Aging, Bureau of Health Professions, National Alzheimer's Association, National Center for Nursing Research, Life Care Foundation of America, Margolis Foundation and the University of Utah. His research and scholarship has helped to dispell many myths about the bereavement process, develop practical interventions for bereaved persons and clarify the role of gender in grief experiences. Dr. Lund and his faculty colleagues invented and developed Video Respite, a series of videotapes designed to stimulate cognitive functioning of persons with Alzheimer's Disease and help family and professional caregivers to have convenient opportunities for respite. Video Respite tapes are now being used throughout the US and Canada and Dr. Lund has helped lead an emerging national research program to test the effectiveness of the videotapes.

Funded Research:

• 5/00-4/03 Faculty Sponsor: "Health Practices of Elderly Women Caregivers;" M. Kramer, Candidate, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (1 K01 NR00146-01); NIH, NINR
• 1997-00 Co-Investigator: Teaching Self-care Skills to Bereaved Older Adults (Pathfinders Project), Ben and Iris Margolis Foundation
• 1996-98 PI: Developing and Testing a Behavioral Management Videotape for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease, Life Care Foundation, Cleveland, TN
• 1995-96 PI: Video Respite Resource for Residents and Staff in Long-term Care Facilities, Life Care Foundation, Cleveland, TN

Recent Publications:

1. Books (or chapters in books)

• Lund, D. A., & Caserta, M. S. (2002). Facing life alone: The loss of a significant other in later life. In K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: Loss in later life. Levittown, PA: Brunner/Mazell
• Lund, D. A. (Ed.) (2000). Men coping with grief. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
• Lund, D. A., & Caserta, M. S. (2000). When the unexpected happens: Husbands coping with the deaths of their wives. In D. A. Lund (Ed.), Men
  coping with grief. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing.
• Lund, D. A. (1999). Giving and receiving help during later life spousal bereavement. In J. D. Davidson & K. J. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: At
  work, at school, at worship. Levittown, PA: Brunner/Mazel.

2. Journal Publications

• Richardson, S J., Lund, D. A., Caserta, M. S., Dudley, W. N., & Obray, S. J. (in press). Sleep patterns in older bereaved spouses. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
• Wright, S. D., Caserta, M. S., & Lund, D. A. (in press). Older adult's attitudes, concerns, and support for environmental issues in the "new West." International Journal of Aging & Human Development.
• Caserta, M. S., & Lund, D. A. (in press). Video Respite in an Alzheimer's care center: Group versus solitary viewing. Activities, Adaptation & Aging.
• Murakami, J., Lund, D. A., Wright, & S. D., Stephenson, M. (2003). Service-learning in gerontology: A coordinated curriculum model. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 23(1), 1-24.
• Caserta, M. S., Lund, D. A., & Rice, S. J. (2001). Participants' attendance at a health promotion program for older widows and widowers. American Journal of Health Education, 32(4), 229-236.
• Subgranon, R., & Lund, D. A. (2000). Maintaining caregiving at home: A culturally sensitive grounded theory of providing care in Thailand. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 11(3), 166-173.
• Wright, S. D., & Lund, D. A. (2000). Green and gray: Stewardship and sustainability in an aging society. Aging Studies, 14(3).
• Subgranon, R., & Lund, D. A. (2000). Maintaining caregiving at home: A culturally sensitive grounded theory of providing care in Thailand.
• Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 11(3), 166-173.
• Caserta, M. S., Lund, D. A., & Rice, S. J. (1999). Pathfinders: A self-care and health education program for older widows and widowers. The
  Gerontologist, 39(5), 615-620.

Recent Presentations:

• 11/02 Chair: "End-of-Life Care," Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA
• 10/01 Speaker: "Preparing for Widowhood: Applying the Pathfinders Model to Caregivers," Utah Hospice Organization, Park City, UT
• 3/01 Speaker: "Men Coping with Grief," St. Mark's Hospital Chaplaincy Group,
  Salt Lake City, UT
• 11/00 Speaker: "Men Coping with Grief," Utah Hospice Organization, Salt Lake City, UT
• 11/00 Chair: "Education and Training Session," Gerontological Society of America, Washington DC
• 9/00 Speaker: "Are There Secrets to Aging?," Utah Women Educational Administrators Association Conference, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT
• 4/00 Speaker: "Are There Secrets to Aging?" Eighth Annual Conference for Office Professionals, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT
• 4/00 Speaker: "Bereavement Research and Intervention Projects at the University of Utah Gerontology Center," End of Life Partnership, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT
• 3/00 Speaker: "University of Utah Gerontology Center Community Outreach Programs," Health Care Symposium, Tenth East Senior Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Editorial and Review Boards:

• Loss, Grief & Care, 1992-Present
• Death Studies, 1986-present
• Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 1986-present
• Activities, Adaptation, & Aging, 1986-92

Reviewer:

• American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
• International Journal of Aging and Human Development
• Journal of Aging & Health
• Journal of Applied Gerontology
• Journal of Family Issues
• Journal of Gerontology
• Journal of Marriage & Family
• Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
• Psychological Reports
• Psychology & Aging
• Research on Aging
• The Gerontologist

Study Sections:

Dr. Lund has served as an ad hoc grant reviewer for the National Institute on Mental Health, National Alzheimer's Association and the Retirement Research
Foundation.

Current Professional Activities:

Dr. Lund is currently working on developing a large research proposal to test one or more bereavement interventions for older spouses. Additionally, he is
working on another book that would serve as a practical resource for older bereaved spouses that is based upon research finding.

Areas of Teaching Responsibilities:

Each year, Dr. Lund teaches the introductory course on aging which serves as the foundation course for the Gerontology Undergraduate and Graduate

Certificates and the Master’s Degree (Geron 5001/6001). He also teaches the large introduction to sociology course (SOC 1010) with 400 students enrolled. 

Recent Awards:

• Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Utah College of Nursing (gerontology-sociology), Fall Faculty Retreat 2002
• Nominated, AARP Andrus Award (Utah) for Community Service, 2002
• Nominated, Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence (highest University of Utah award), 2002
• Professor and Teacher of the Year, 2000-01, Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society; Department of Sociology, University of Utah; 2001
• Pioneer Award, Utah Gerontological Society, 2000
• Faculty Excellence in Service Award for 1999-2000, University of Utah College of Nursing
• Charles Redd Prize; Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, & Letters; Area of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1998
• Nominated, University of Utah Distinguished Professor Award, 1997
• Outstanding Researcher Award, Association for Death Education and Counseling (International), 1996
• Nominated, Social and Behavioral Sciences Superior Teaching Award, 1996; 1998; 1999