Longitudinal Effects of Communication Training on Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

Ripich, Danielle N.; Ziol, Elaine; Lee, Michelle M.

doi:10.1300/j018v19n02_04

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“…In two studies, knowledge did not seem to impact caregiver depression levels or health status [17,18]. Some studies have found no relationship between the level of knowledge and the level of caregiver burden [5,17].…”

Section: Benefits Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 91%

“…A family caregiver's sense of competency increases if the caregiver has a high level of efficiency and knowledge of communication skills with people that have dementia [18]. As caregiver knowledge about communication with their loved one that has Alzheimer's increases, frustration tends to decrease [13].…”

Section: Benefits Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many interventions, even if they are behavioral or skillbased interventions, initially test the caregivers on their knowledge about progression of the disease, services available, and symptoms [22]. Along with services that provide general information about the disease, there are specific interventions available for increasing knowledge about communication between the family caregiver and care recipient [13,18] and for negotiating challenging behaviors [15,23]. For many participants, both formal and informal caregivers, participating in various interventions was helpful and useful to their situations [17,[22][23][24].…”

Section: Education Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease Among Family Caregivers

Eshbaugh¹,

Stratton²

2016

J Comm Pub Health Nurs

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Section: Benefits Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Benefits Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Education Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease Among Family Caregivers

Eshbaugh¹,

Stratton²

2016

J Comm Pub Health Nurs

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“…However, caregivers may perceive these strategies as helpful in, for example, resolving breakdowns (Orange et al, 1998;Small et al, 2003;Ripich et al, As this selective review of literature about repair in conversations involving PWA and PWD has indicated, there are no studies that compare the repair strategies used in conversations involving PWA with those involving PWD. From a clinical perspective it would be important to compare repair in dementia to repair in aphasia, as this could add knowledge on how the two fields could inform each other.…”

Section: Repair Aphasia and Dementiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration, trouble and repair in multiparty interactions involving couples with dementia or aphasia

Samuelsson

Hydén

2016

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify problems with communication with persons with aphasia and persons with dementia in a collaborative interview setting with their significant others. In particular, to compare interactional practises used in order to resolve problems caused by specific symptoms.Method: Five persons with aphasia and five persons with dementia and their spouses participated in the present study. Interviews were carried out couple by couple, and the interviews had a task-oriented character with a main focus on interactive and communicative aspects rather than on topical content. The interviews were video and audio recorded. All interviews were transcribed according to conversation analytic principles. Result:The results demonstrated that repair sequences were frequent in interaction involving PWA, and even more so in interaction involving PWD. In general, it was the PWA/PWD that initiated the repair sequence more often than the spouse, thus keeping to the general rule of a preference for self-initiated repair compared to other-initiated repair. Conclusion:The active involvement of the conversational partners in trouble solving sequences in interaction with PWA/PWD demonstrated in the present study indicates that the interactional style of the conversational partner to PWA/PWD are important. This implies that conversation partner training programmes would be useful both for PWA and for PWD.

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“…Research has shown that training professional and family caregivers to appropriately interact with a person with AD, better promotes the person's remaining communication abilities and decreases their agitation while reducing the caregiver's level of stress (Ripich, Kercher, Wykle, Sloan, & Ziol, 1998).…”

Section: Alzheimer's Communication Training Programmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Learning Programs in Cognitive Vitality, Alzheimer's Disease, and Related Dementias

Kovacich

Garrett

Forti

2006

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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As the population continues to age there remains an unmet need in preventing, identifying, treating, and managing mental/behavioral health problems among older adults. The purpose of this paper is to describe educational and training programs offered through three Geriatric Education Centers: (1) the Meharry Consortium Geriatric Education Center, which offers a certificate program on Cognitive Vitality dispelling myths that dementias are part of the normal aging process, (2) the Harvard Upper New England Geriatric Education Center, which offers a self-study web-based learning module on Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias, and (3) the South Carolina Geriatric Education Center, which has developed multi-use and train-the-trainer programs for counseling drivers with dementia and communicating effectively with cognitively impaired older adults. The programs together begin to address the wide range of mental health issues clinicians may encounter in older adult health care delivery and the ways in which Geriatric Education Centers help to prepare an educated workforce.

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Longitudinal Effects of Communication Training on Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

Cited by 39 publications

References 20 publications

Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease Among Family Caregivers

Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease Among Family Caregivers

Collaboration, trouble and repair in multiparty interactions involving couples with dementia or aphasia

New Learning Programs in Cognitive Vitality, Alzheimer's Disease, and Related Dementias

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