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Helping memory-impaired elders : a guide for caregivers [2000]

Creator:

Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Extension, University of Idaho. Extension, Schmall, Vicki L., Bowman, Sally R., 1949-, Cleland, Marilyn, and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension

Abstract:

This publication is designed to give family and professional caregivers a fuller understanding of dementia in later life and ways to cope more effectively with the changes resulting from it. In addition to general care guidelines, the publication outlines approaches for handling specific problems —driving, wandering, money management, hiding items,...

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Technical Report

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Cleland, former care- giver education coordinator, Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland
Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

Creator:

Hall, Brandi June

Abstract:

Caregiving circumstances frequently evoke high levels of stress for caregivers and have consistently been linked to adverse psychological and physical health consequences. Within the caregiving literature, researchers have sought to answer questions about why some individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to the well-established deleterious consequences of caregiving stress. Several...

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Masters Thesis

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contextual variables of gender, SES, care-recipient disease status, ADL assistance levels, and number of