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Effect of a training programme to reduce stress in carers of patients with dementia
- Authors:
- BRODATY H., GRESHAM M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 2.12.89, 1989, pp.1375-1379.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Reports on a programme which included training carers to cope with stress, memory retraining for patients and respite care.
Day care for persons with dementia: the impact of the physical environment on staff stress and quality of care
- Author:
- LYMAN Karen A.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 29(3), August 1989, pp.557-56O.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Considers the impact of the physical environment in a day care centre and discusses implications for facility design and other service characteristics.
Alzheimer's Disease: coping with a living death
- Author:
- WOODS Robert T.
- Publisher:
- Souvenir Press
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 232p, tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written to help those caring for someone suffering from dementia, covering what help is available, stress and guilt faced by the carer, and financial problems.
Caregiver hassles scale : assessing the daily hassles of caring for a family member with dementia
- Authors:
- KINNEY Jennifer M., STEPHENS Mary Ann Parris
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 29(3), 1989, pp.328-332.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
An evaluation of a 42-item scale indicated it provided a reliable and psychometrically sound instrument for assessing 'hassles' associated with caring for a family member with Alzheimer's Disease.
Dementia and family stress
- Author:
- ADAMS T.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.9.89, 1989, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Suggests a system of intervention to enable family members to cope with a relative with dementia.
Job-related stress and coping among home-care workers with elderly people
- Authors:
- BARTOLDUS Ellen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 14(3), August 1989, pp.204-210.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes stress experienced by a group of home care workers in New York, and suggests ways that social workers and administrators can help to alleviate this.