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"I've learned to just go with the flow": Family caregivers' strategies for managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

scientific article published on 09 June 2018

"Let him speak:" a descriptive qualitative study of the roles and behaviors of family companions in primary care visits among older adults with cognitive impairment.

scientific article published on 6 June 2017

"The Filter is Kind of Broken": Family Caregivers' Attributions About Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

2014 Report on the Milestones for the US National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease

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A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Veterans' In-home Program for Military Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Families: Report on Impact for Family Members

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Home Environmental Intervention: Effect on Efficacy and Upset in Caregivers and on Daily Function of Persons With Dementia

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A biobehavioral home-based intervention and the well-being of patients with dementia and their caregivers: the COPE randomized trial

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A community-integrated home based depression intervention for older African Americans: descripton of the Beat the Blues randomized trial and intervention costs ⬇️

scientific article published on February 10, 2012

A feasibility study and pilot randomised trial of a tailored prevention program to reduce falls in older people with mild dementia

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A home-based intervention to reduce depressive symptoms and improve quality of life in older African Americans: a randomized trial

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A model to promote activity competence in elders

scientific article published on February 1993

A multidimensional home-based care coordination intervention for elders with memory disorders: the maximizing independence at home (MIND) pilot randomized trial

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A non-pharmacologic approach to address challenging behaviors of Veterans with dementia: description of the tailored activity program-VA randomized trial.

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A non-pharmacological intervention to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and reduce caregiver distress: design and methods of project ACT3.

scientific article published on January 2007

A randomized controlled trial of a community-based dementia care coordination intervention: effects of MIND at Home on caregiver outcomes

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A randomized trial of a multicomponent home intervention to reduce functional difficulties in older adults

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A randomized trial of a web-based platform to help families manage dementia-related behavioral symptoms: The WeCareAdvisor™.

scientific article published on 8 August 2017

A tool to strengthen the older patient-companion partnership in primary care: results from a pilot study

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Adaptive device use by older adults with mixed disabilities

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Ageing in the right place - a prototype of a web-based housing counselling intervention for later life

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

An intervention to reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms and caregiver burden in dementia: Preliminary results from a randomized trial of the tailored activity program-outpatient version

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Assessing perceived change in the well-being of family caregivers: psychometric properties of the Perceived Change Index and response patterns

scientific article published in October 2006

Assessment and management of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

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Assistive devices caregivers use and find helpful to manage problem behaviors of dementia

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Attachment to Life: Psychometric Analyses of the Valuation of Life Scale and Differences Among Older Adults

scientific article published on 13 February 2016

Can a tailored exercise and home hazard reduction program reduce the rate of falls in community dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: protocol paper for the i-FOCIS randomised controlled trial.

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Caregiver appraisals of functional dependence in individuals with dementia and associated caregiver upset: psychometric properties of a new scale and response patterns by caregiver and care recipient characteristics

scientific article published on April 2005

Caregiver's perceptions of the relationship of pain to behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in older community-residing adults with dementia

scientific article published on May 2014

Characteristics of Activities for Persons With Dementia at the Mild, Moderate, and Severe Stages

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Compensatory Strategies: Prevalence of Use and Relationship to Physical Function and Well-Being

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Comprehensive home-based care coordination for vulnerable elders with dementia: Maximizing Independence at Home-Plus-Study protocol

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Conducting research on home environments: lessons learned and new directions

scientific article published on October 2003

Correlates of Quality of Life for Individuals with Dementia Living at Home: The Role of Home Environment, Caregiver, and Patient-related Characteristics ⬇️

scientific article published on July 25, 2013

Correlates of objective and subjective measures of caregiver burden among dementia caregivers: influence of unmet patient and caregiver dementia-related care needs

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Cost effectiveness of a home-based intervention that helps functionally vulnerable older adults age in place at home

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Cost-effectiveness of a community-integrated home-based depression intervention in older African Americans

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Data and safety monitoring in social behavioral intervention trials: the REACH II experience

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Delivery Characteristics, Acceptability, and Depression Outcomes of a Home-based Depression Intervention for Older African Americans: The Get Busy Get Better Program

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Dementia caregiver intervention research: in search of clinical significance

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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care.

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Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Dementia-related restlessness: relationship to characteristics of persons with dementia and family caregivers.

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Depressed Affect and Dimensions of Religiosity in Family Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia

scientific article published in August 2015

Depressive symptoms in older African-American and white adults with functional difficulties: the role of control strategies

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Determinants of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A scoping review of the evidence

scientific article published on 16 June 2017

Effect of a Biobehavioral Environmental Approach on Disability Among Low-Income Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Effect of an in-home occupational and physical therapy intervention on reducing mortality in functionally vulnerable older people: preliminary findings

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Effect of multicomponent interventions on caregiver burden and depression: The REACH multisite initiative at 6-month follow-up ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2003

Effect of the WeCareAdvisor™ on family caregiver outcomes in dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

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Effects of the home environmental skill-building program on the caregiver-care recipient dyad: 6-month outcomes from the Philadelphia REACH Initiative

scientific article published in August 2003

Efficacy and acceptability of a home-based, family-inclusive intervention for veterans with TBI: A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Enhancing Quality of Life in Functionally Vulnerable Older Adults: From Randomized Trial to Standard Care: Individuals at any age can learn new strategies to engage in valued activities.

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Enhancing resourcefulness to improve outcomes in family caregivers and persons with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot randomized trial

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Enhancing the quality of life of dementia caregivers from different ethnic or racial groups: a randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on November 2006

Evaluating home environments of persons with dementia: interrater reliability and validity of the Home Environmental Assessment Protocol (HEAP).

scientific article published in January 2002

Evaluation of a telephone-based support group intervention for female caregivers of community-dwelling individuals with dementia

scientific article published in December 2006

Examining the context and helpfulness of family companion contributions to older adults' primary care visits.

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Factors associated with home environmental problems among community-living older people ⬇️

scientific article published on November 20, 2001

Factors mediating the effects of a depression intervention on functional disability in older African Americans

scientific article published on December 2014

Finding fault: Criticism as a care management strategy and its impact on outcomes for dementia caregivers

scientific article published on 03 January 2019

Gait Implications of Visual Field Damage from Glaucoma

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Getting what they need when they need it. Identifying barriers to information needs of family caregivers to manage dementia-related behavioral symptoms.

scientific article published on 22 February 2017

Going It Together: Persistence of Older Adults’ Accompaniment to Physician Visits by a Family Companion ⬇️

scientific article published on December 28, 2011

Harsh communication: characteristics of caregivers and persons with dementia

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Harvest health: translation of the chronic disease self-management program for older African Americans in a senior setting

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Health Services Utilization in Older Adults with Dementia Receiving Care Coordination: The MIND at Home Trial

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Home is where the future is: The BrightFocus Foundation consensus panel on dementia care

scientific article published on 18 November 2017

Identification of and Beliefs About Depressive Symptoms and Preferred Treatment Approaches Among Community-Living Older African Americans ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Long-term effect on mortality of a home intervention that reduces functional difficulties in older adults: results from a randomized trial

scientific article published on 23 January 2009

MIND at Home-Streamlined: Study protocol for a randomized trial of home-based care coordination for persons with dementia and their caregivers

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Maintenance of Effects of the Home Environmental Skill-Building Program for Family Caregivers and Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

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Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in clinical settings: recommendations from a multidisciplinary expert panel

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Measuring change in perceived well-being of family caregivers: validation of the Spanish version of the Perceived Change Index (PCI-S) in Chilean dementia caregivers

scientific article published on 16 May 2017

Mediators of the impact of a home-based intervention (beat the blues) on depressive symptoms among older African Americans

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Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis-associated diseases: piecing the Crohn's puzzle together

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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: past progress and anticipation of the future

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Nonpharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia ⬇️

scientific article published on November 21, 2012

Occupational therapy discharge planning for older adults: a protocol for a randomised trial and economic evaluation.

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Patient-Family Agenda Setting for Primary Care Patients with Cognitive Impairment: the SAME Page Trial

scientific article published on 18 July 2018

Predictors of adherence to a skill-building intervention in dementia caregivers

scientific article published on June 2007

Preliminary data from community aging in place, advancing better living for elders, a patient-directed, team-based intervention to improve physical function and decrease nursing home utilization: the first 100 individuals to complete a centers for m

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Readiness to use compensatory strategies among older adults with functional difficulties

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Recruiting Community-Based Dementia Patients and Caregivers in a Nonpharmacologic Randomized Trial: What Works and How Much Does It Cost?

scientific article published on 4 May 2014

Reducing neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia and associated burden in family caregivers using tailored activities: Design and methods of a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Response to Letters to the Editor the Imperative for Person-Centered Care: Focus on Assessing and Working With LTC Residents Rather Than Percent of People on Medication Without Data on Appropriate Use and Problems With DICE and BPSD

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

STYLE AND SUBSTANCE: A QUALITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF DEMENTIA CAREGIVING MANAGEMENT STYLES

scholarly article by Amanda N Leggett et al published 8 November 2019 in Innovation in Aging

Strategies used by families to simplify tasks for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders: psychometric analysis of the Task Management Strategy Index (TMSI).

scientific article published in February 2002

Tailored activities to manage neuropsychiatric behaviors in persons with dementia and reduce caregiver burden: a randomized pilot study

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Tailored music listening intervention to reduce sleep disturbances in older adults with dementia: Research protocol

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Targeting and managing behavioral symptoms in individuals with dementia: a randomized trial of a nonpharmacological intervention

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The Association of Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss and Balance

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The Baltimore HEARS Pilot Study: An Affordable, Accessible, Community-Delivered Hearing Care Intervention

scientific article published on 07 December 2016

The Cost-Effectiveness of a Nonpharmacologic Intervention for Individuals With Dementia and Family Caregivers: The Tailored Activity Program ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2010

The Republic of Chile: An Upper Middle-Income Country at the Crossroads of Economic Development and Aging ⬇️

scientific article published on April 25, 2012

The Tailored Activity Program to reduce behavioral symptoms in individuals with dementia: feasibility, acceptability, and replication potential

scientific article published on 06 May 2009

The influence of sleep disruption and pain perception on indicators of quality of life in individuals living with dementia at home

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

The role of the occupational therapist in the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in clinical settings

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Translation of a dementia caregiver intervention for delivery in homecare as a reimbursable Medicare service: outcomes and lessons learned

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Undiagnosed Illness and Neuropsychiatric Behaviors in Community Residing Older Adults With Dementia ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Targeted National Recruitment of Community-Dwelling Caregivers Managing Dementia-Related Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A Recruitment Approach for a Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 12 May 2021

Valuation of Life as outcome and mediator of a depression intervention for older African Americans: the Get Busy Get Better Trial.

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Variation in response to a home intervention to support daily function by age, race, sex, and education

scientific article published on July 2008

WeCareAdvisor™: The Development of a Caregiver-focused, Web-based Program to Assess and Manage Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

scientific article published in July 2017

Well-being, appraisal, and coping in African-American and Caucasian dementia caregivers: findings from the REACH study

scientific article published in July 2004

When Less is More, but Still Not Enough: Why Focusing on Limiting Antipsychotics in People With Dementia Is the Wrong Policy Imperative

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

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