Dementia — Telephone Support for Dementia Caregivers
Citation(s)
Bruce JM, McQuiggan M, Williams V, Westervelt H, Tremont G Burden among spousal and child caregivers of patients with mild cognitive impairment. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008;25(4):385-90. doi: 10.1159/000122587. Epub 2008 Mar 29.
Davis JD, Tremont G Impact of frontal systems behavioral functioning in dementia on caregiver burden. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2007 Winter;19(1):43-9.
Epstein-Lubow G, Davis JD, Miller IW, Tremont G Persisting burden predicts depressive symptoms in dementia caregivers. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2008 Sep;21(3):198-203. doi: 10.1177/0891988708320972.
Spitznagel MB, Tremont G, Davis JD, Foster SM Psychosocial predictors of dementia caregiver desire to institutionalize: caregiver, care recipient, and family relationship factors. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2006 Mar;19(1):16-20.
Steadman PL, Tremont G, Davis JD Premorbid relationship satisfaction and caregiver burden in dementia caregivers. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2007 Jun;20(2):115-9.
Tremont G, Davis JD, Bishop DS Unique contribution of family functioning in caregivers of patients with mild to moderate dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2006;21(3):170-4. Epub 2006 Jan 3.
Tremont, G , Davis, J.D., Bishop, D.S., & Fortinsky, R.H. (in press). Telephone-Delivered psychosocial intervention reduces burden in dementia caregivers. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice.
Psychosocial Telephone Intervention for Dementia Caregivers
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