A videophone psychosocial intervention for dementia caregivers

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1071-1081

  Czaja, Sara J ^a   Loewenstein, David ^a   Schulz, Richard ^b   Nair, Sankaran N ^a   Perdomo, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregiving; Intervention; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; TELEPSYCHIATRY; VIDEOPHONE; VIDEOPHONE PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVING; INTERVENTION; TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84888644123     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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