Objective: Palliative care often plays a pivotal role in supporting informal caregivers of
persons living with dementia who experience a lack of continuity in care. Dementia …

Background: Demographic factors, such as disease context and family relationships, are
communication mediators and moderators; however, little is known about how …

Background Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Vascular Dementia (VD) increasingly diminish
the ability to communicate (Bickel et al., 2000). This seems to be one of the reasons that …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe meaningful interactions with health care
providers (HCPs) from the perspectives of family caregivers of persons with dementia …

Background Caring for someone with dementia can be physically and emotionally difficult.
Acting as a caregiver can make it difficult to access sources of support, particularly in the …

Objective: We present the protocol of a study aiming to examine the efficacy of a
technologically-mediated storytelling intervention called Caregiver Speaks in reducing …

Objectives The purpose of this pilot study is to examine the efficacy of a theoretically based,
6-week dementia caregiver support group in a primary care setting. Methods Using a quasi …

Objective The study evaluated the effects of care consultation delivered through the
Alzheimer's Association National Helpline-a free resource in which master's-level clinicians …

Dementia takes a significant toll on caregivers resulting in their suffering from chronic stress
and depression due to responsibility for care for persons with dementia (PWD). Behaviors of …

Objectives: Dementia increasingly diminishes the ability to communicate. We aimed to
develop and evaluate a psychosocial intervention program that focuses on communication …