Modifying Repetitive Verbalizations of Community-Dwelling Patients with AD
Reports on behavior management training given to seven caregivers of a home-dwelling spouse with Alzheimer's disease. Results reveal that trained caregivers were successful at decreasing patient repetitions using written cues. Patients of control subjects showed no systematic changes in behavio...
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Published in | The Gerontologist Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 30 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.02.1997
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Summary: | Reports on behavior management training given to seven caregivers of a home-dwelling spouse with Alzheimer's disease. Results reveal that trained caregivers were successful at decreasing patient repetitions using written cues. Patients of control subjects showed no systematic changes in behavioral disturbances. Intervention effects lasted for 16 weeks or longer. (RJM) |
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ISSN: | 0016-9013 |
DOI: | 10.1093/geront/37.1.30 |