Behavioral activation for dementia caregivers: Scheduling pleasant events and enhancing communications

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 611-619

  Au, Alma ^a   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^b   Wong, Meng Kong ^c   Leung, Jess ^c   Chan, Wai Chi ^d   Chan, Chun Chung ^c   Lu, Hui Jing ^a   Lai, Man Kin ^a   Chan, Kevin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Paraprofessional; Sustainability; Telephone assisted

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; TELEPHONE; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84928104782     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S72348     Document Type: Article

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