Lydia W. Li

Associate Professor of Social Work

Lydia W. Li

Lydia W. Li

Degrees

  • Honorary Diploma, Social Work, 1984, Hong Kong Baptist College, China;
  • MSW, Social Work, 1989, University of Hong Kong, China;
  • PhD, Social Welfare, 2000, University of Wisconsin, Madison

BioSketch

Lydia Li?s research areas include social support in later life, stress and adaptation of family caregivers, dynamics of formal and informal care, health trajectories of home care elders, and late-life depression and suicide. She has a keen interest in cross-cultural research. Her most recent work involves community-based interventions for late-life depression in China.

She is affiliated with the Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) and Population Studies Center at U-M. She has served on the executive committee of the CCS and the Social Research, Practice and Policy section of the Gerontological Society of America.


Lydia W. Li, Associate Professor of Social Work
Email lydiali@umich.edu
Location
Room: 3839 SSWB
Phone: (734) 936-4850
Fax: (734) 763-3372
 University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Li, L. W., Long, Y., Essex, E., Sui, Y., & Gao, L. (2012). Elderly Chinese and their family caregivers' perceptions of good care: A qualitative study in Shangdong, China. Journal of Gerontological Social Work 55(7), 609-625.
Li, Lydia, McLaughlin, S. (2011). Caregiver confidence: Does it predict changes in disability among elderly health care recipients? The Gerontologist, doi:10.1093/geront/gnr073.
Ingersoll-Dayton, B., Dunkle, R. E., Chadiha, L. A., Lawrence-Jacobson, A., Li, L., Weir, E., et al. (2011). Intergenerational ambivalence: Aging mothers whose adult daughters are mentally ill. Families in Society, 92(1), 114-119.
McLaughlin, S. J., Connell, C. M., Heeringa, S. G., Li, L. W., & Roberts, S.
(2010). Successful aging in the United States: Prevalence estimates from a nationally-representative sample of older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 65B(2), 216-226.
Li, L. W., & Conwell, Y. (2010). Pain and self-injury ideation in elderly men and women receiving home care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58, 2160-2165.
Li, L. W., & Conwell, Y. (2009). Effects of changes in depressive symptoms and cognitive functioning on physical disability in home care elderly. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 64A(2), 230-236.
Li, L. W., Zhang, J., & Liang, J. (2009). Health among the oldest-old in China: Which living arrangements make a difference? Social Science and Medicine, 69(2), 220-227.
Li, L., & Sui, Y. (2009). Family: Roles of the elderly. In D. Pong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of modern China. Detroit, MI: Charles ScribnerÂ’s Sons, Gale/Cengage Learning.
Li, L. W., & Conwell, Y. (2007). Mental health status of home care elders in Michigan. The Gerontologist, 47(4), 528-534.
Li, L. W., & Liang, J. (2007). Social exchanges and subjective well-being among older Chinese: Does age make a difference? Psychology and Aging, 22(2), 386-391.