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| Behavioral treatment of Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Steven H Ferris, Mary S Mittelman |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, supplement 1, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 87-90 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour modification ; Informal care ; Methodology ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The potential effect of psychosocial intervention in alleviating the social impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is illustrated by results of an ongoing treatment study at New York University (NYU) Medical Center, supported by the US National Institutes of Health. The treatment consists of three components: individual and family counselling tailored to the needs of each family; weekly participation in an AD caregiver support group; and availability of counsellors at all times to both caregivers and families to discuss problems and crisis situations. The NYU caregiver treatment study highlights issues relevant to the design of future research on behavioural or psychosocial interventions. The intervention was successful because: it used a multi-faceted, comprehensive approach; treatment was tailored to specific needs of each caregiver; it was long-term, continuous and adaptive to changing situations; and it used a large sample and a parallel `control' group. This strategy greatly enhances the statistical power and scientific interpretability of the results. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980305216 A |
| Classmark | EA: LODM: P6: 3D: 7T |
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