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Cumming, John McClure – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Caregiver burden and distress have been associated with informal caregivers. Research findings on the specific aspects of the caregiving role that influence burden are mixed. Factors such as amount of time per day giving care and specific characteristics about the disease progression have been linked to caregiver burden and distress. Other…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Alzheimers Disease, Cancer, Caregivers
DenBesten, Nicholas P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research involves an examination of the relationship between education and age on a wide array of neuropsychological test measures among patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of education as an attenuating factor to neurocognitive decline in dementia. Although numerous…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Role of Education, Patients, Program Effectiveness