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Peer reviewedSmall, Jeff A.; Perry, JoAnn – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
This study examined the types of questions caregivers use and their outcomes when conversing with their spouse with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Of particular interest was caregivers' use of yes-no and open-ended questions and the demands they make on the memory of the person with AD. It was hypothesized that communication between caregivers and…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Spouses, Recall (Psychology), Memory
Peer reviewedBayles, Kathryn A.; Tomoeda, Cheryl K. – Gerontologist, 1991
Interviewed primary caregivers of 99 Alzheimer's patients about existence and appearance order of linguistic symptoms to study disease effects on communication. Found that prevalence of linguistic symptoms strongly correlated with order of symptom appearance. Discusses symptom prevalence and order of appearance in relation to onset of…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Communication (Thought Transfer), Family Caregivers, Language Handicaps
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)
