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This collection provides a comprehensive analysis of intervention approaches to dementia caregiving. It reviews the existing knowledge and provides a conceptual framework for organizing caregiver interventions of all types. Of special interest is the design of an intervention study for a culturally diverse community. The volume concludes with a discussion of how to translate intervention research into public policy, with an assessment of the future of caregiving and caregiving intervention research.Contributors
Introduction and Overview, Richard Schulz
The Extent and Impact of Dementia Care: Unique Challenges Experienced by Family Caregivers, Marcia G. Ory, Jennifer L. Yee, Sharon L. Tennstedt, and Richard Schulz
Understanding the Interventions Process: A Theoretical/Conceptual Framework for Intervention Approaches to Caregiving, Richard Schulz, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, William Haley, and Sara Czaja
Interventions for In-Home Caregivers: A Review of Research 1990 to Present, Joal Kennet, Louis Burgio, and Richard Schulz
The Pragmatics of Implementing Intervention Studies in the Community, Linda O. Nichols, Charlotte Malone, Barbara Tarlow, and David Loewenstein
Development and Implementation of Intervention Strategies for Culturally Diverse Caregiving Populations, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Patricia Arean, David Coon, Ana Menendez, Kellie Takagi, William E. Haley, Trinidad Arguelles, Mark Rubert, David Lowenstein, and Jose Szapocznik
Measurement Issues in Intervention Research, Galen E. Switzer, Stephen R. Wisniewski, Steven H. Belle, Robert Burns, Laraine Winter, Larry Thompson, and Richard Schulz
Identifying Mechanisms of Action: Why and How Does Intervention Work? Laura N. Gitlin, Mary Corcoran, Jennifer Martindale-Adams, Charlotte Malone, Alan Stevens, and Laraine Winter
From Intervention Studies to Public Policy: Translating Research into Practice, Diane Feeney Mahoney, Robert Burns, and Brooke Harrow
Future Directions in Caregiving: Implications for Intervention Research, Sara J. Czaja, Carl Eisdorfer, and Richard Schulz
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