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Peer reviewedHinrichsen, Gregory A.; Niederehe, George – Gerontologist, 1994
Examined how strategies to manage dementia problems in 152 older people were associated with adjustment of family members while providing assistance to relative. Identified three dementia management strategies (criticism, encouragement, and active management) that were associated with three indices of family members' emotional adjustment (burden,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Problems, Coping
Peer reviewedBourgeois, Michelle S.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1997
Reports on behavior management training given to seven caregivers of a home-dwelling spouse with Alzheimer's disease. Results reveal that trained caregivers were successful at decreasing patient repetitions using written cues. Patients of control subjects showed no systematic changes in behavioral disturbances. Intervention effects lasted for 16…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Role
Peer reviewedTalkington-Boyer, Shannon; Snyder, Douglas K. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1994
Examined impact of caregiving among 110 caregivers to aging family member with Alzheimer's disease. Family caregivers' appraisals along dimensions of subjective burden, negative impact, caregiving satisfaction, and caregiver mastery were correlated with extent of memory and behavior problems of patient and caregivers' coping style, locus of…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Behavior Problems, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
