Can counseling and support reduce burden and depressive symptoms in caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease during the transition to institutionalization? Results from the New York University Caregiver Intervention Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-428

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a   Roth, David L ^b   Haley, William E ^c   Mittelman, Mary S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Informal long term care; Nursing home admission; Nursing home placement; Psychosocial intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40149093082     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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