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Peer reviewedLitz, Brett T.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Presents case study which highlights attendant cognitive changes that occur in Alzheimer's patient, presenting caregiver with challenges to couple's sexual functioning. Describes man who reported erectile dysfunction directly stemming from stressful changes that had occurred in his relationship to his wife who had Alzheimer's disease. General…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Case Studies, Family Caregivers, Males
Peer reviewedGwyther, Lisa P. – Gerontologist, 1990
Describes an intermittent, focused social work intervention to help overcome personal and intrapsychic barriers to using available help for wives of Alzheimer's patients. Discusses therapeutic goals, common themes, and implications for practice with caregiving wives with specific attention to supporting the wife in her wish to "responsibly…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Counseling Techniques, Family Caregivers, Marital Satisfaction
Peer reviewedLewin, Lewis M.; Lundervold, Duane A. – Gerontologist, 1990
Conceptualizes separation-individuation conflicts in caregivers as behavior under dual control of nonverbal and verbal antecedents and consequences of others and dysfunctional self-rules of caregiver. Describes two types of treatment in context of case study: changing caregiver's problem behaviors by training nursing home staff and teaching…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Change, Caregivers, Case Studies
Peer reviewedTeri, Linda; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores – Gerontologist, 1991
Presents two strategies for treating depression in Alzheimer's patients: cognitive therapy for mildly demented adults which challenges patient's negative cognitions to reduce distortions and enable patient to generate more adaptive ways of viewing specific events; and behavioral intervention for moderately or severely demented adults which…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Restructuring
Peer reviewedHenderson, J. Neil; And Others – Gerontologist, 1993
Alzheimer's disease caregiver support groups were developed simultaneously in two cities with existing Alzheimer's disease support groups but without ethnic minority use. "Ethic competence" concept, featuring ethnographic methods, was applied in African-American and Hispanic communities in both sites. In 2 years, 114 ethnic minority primary…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Blacks, Family Caregivers, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedLichtenberg, Peter A.; Strzepek, Deborah M. – Gerontologist, 1990
Describes assessment technique used by interdisciplinary staff on coed Alzheimer's disease unit to help determine patients' competencies to participate in intimate relationships. Two case studies are presented to highlight how assessment led to treatment decisions. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Competence, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedConnell, Cathleen M.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1994
Describes plans for Community Outreach Education Program (COEP), designed to provide educational interventions to disseminate information about diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of dementia to health care professionals, service providers, staff or volunteer and community agencies, and family members. Describes plans within context…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Ability, Coordination
