Tappen, Ruth M., Williams, Christine L.

Few studies have tested strategies to address the mental health needs of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To test a newly developed, empirically based modified counseling approach, 30 nursing home residents with AD were randomly assigned to a modified counseling (Therapeutic Conversation) treatment group or usual care control group. Mini-Mental State Examination mean scores were […]

Glueckauf, Robert L., Davis, W. Shuford, Willis, Floyd, Sharma, Dinesh, Gustafson, David J., Hayes, Jocelyn, Stutzman, Mary, Proctor, James, Kazmer, Michelle M., Murray, Leticia, Shipman, Judith, McIntyre, Vera, Wesley, Lonnie, Schettini, Gabriel, Xu, Jian, Parfitt, Francine, Graff-Radford, Neill, Baxter, Cynthia, Burnett, Kathleen, Noël, La Tonya, Haire, Kambria, Springer, Jane

Objectives: Discuss initial findings of a randomized clinical trial comparing the effects of telephone-based and face-to-face (f-to-f) cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on changes in caregiver (CG) burden, assistance support, depression, and health status for African American (AA) CGs with depression.; Design: Pilot study using a prepost, two-group design with 14 enrolled and randomized participants.; Measures: Subjective […]

Buettner, Linda L., Fitzsimmons, Suzanne

This project tested a 12-week health promotion course for older adults with early-stage dementia. In a quasi-experimental design, participants were assigned by site to intervention group or control group and evaluated at two time points. Mini-Mental State Examination scores, Geriatric Depression Scale scores, health behaviors, plus several measures of psychological well-being were used in this […]