Alzheimer's disease caregiving information and skills. Part I: Care recipient issues and concerns

CJ Farran, D Loukissa, S Perraud… - Research in nursing & …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing attention has been given to testing clinical trials with family caregivers of the
elderly. More recent intervention studies indicated that caregiver skill‐building interventions …

Alzheimer's disease caregiving information and skills. Part II: family caregiver issues and concerns

CJ Farran, D Loukissa, S Perraud… - Research in Nursing & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years researchers have carried out an increasing number of clinical trials with
family caregivers of the elderly. The results of these interventions have suggested that …

Successful caregiving of persons with Alzheimer's disease: Skill development over time

O PAUN, CJ FARRAN, S PERRAUD… - Alzheimer's Care …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Increasingly, more attention is being given to understanding the skills required by family
members who provide care to persons with Alzheimer's disease, yet less is known about …

A randomized, controlled study of an Alzheimer's caregiver skills training program

K Martin-Cook, BA Davis, LS Hynan… - American Journal of …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
This study was an attempt to improve the quality of the relationship between dementia
caregivers and their loved ones by decreasing the gap between caregivers' expectations …

Training community consultants to help family members improve dementia care: a randomized controlled trial

L Teri, SM McCurry, R Logsdon, LE Gibbons - The Gerontologist, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: We investigated whether community consultants could be trained to teach family
caregivers a systematic behavioral approach for reducing mood and behavior problems in …

Training families to provide care: Effects on people with dementia

L Teri - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
This paper addresses four questions concerning family training in dementia care:(1) What
do we know about what works?(2) How do we know it?(3) What do we now need to …

Developing a measurement strategy for assessing family caregiver skills: conceptual issues

CJ Farran, JJ McCann, LG Fogg… - Alzheimer's care today, 2009 - journals.lww.com
This article presents a conceptual approach to assessing skills of family caregivers for
persons with Alzheimer's disease and recommends next steps for the development of this …

Dementia family caregiver training: affecting beliefs about caregiving and caregiver outcomes

KW Hepburn, J Tornatore, B Center… - Journal of the …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: Family caregiving is an integral part of the care system for persons with
dementing disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. This study tested role‐training …

The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH): project design and baseline characteristics.

SR Wisniewski, SH Belle, DW Coon… - Psychology and …, 2003 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Cargiver Health (REACH) project was
designed to test promising interventions for enhancing family caregiving for persons with …

An educational intervention to support caregivers of elders with dementia

M Devor, M Renvall - American Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The majority of home-dwelling elders with dementia are cared for by family members or
friends. Interventions to support community-based caregivers are needed. A community …