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Residential placement of patients with dementia : relationship to care recipient and caregiver variables

Creator:

Coehlo, Deborah Padgett

Abstract:

The occurrence and timing of residential care of patients with dementia is impacted by several care recipient and caregiver variables. Previous research has shown a strong relationship among residential placement and marital status, cognitive decline, deterioration in functional abilities, and presence of behavior problems in the care recipient. Research on...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Video respite for cognitively impaired persons in nursing homes : behavioral changes

Creator:

Hall, Lynn L.

Abstract:

Video Respite (VR) is a series of videotapes designed to capture long-term memory and maintain the attention of patients with Alzheimer's Disease. The purpose of this study was to determine whether VR viewing significantly affects the behavior of cognitively impaired nursing home residents. Specifically, repeated measures ANOVA and paired t-tests...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis