S J Czaja

..gov website to solve problems related to health management. The influence of computer experience and cognitive abilities on performance was also examined...

..The relationship between age and adoption of technology was mediated by cognitive abilities, computer self-efficacy, and computer anxiety. These findings are discussed in terms of training strategies to promote technology adoption...

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..Most of the existing literature and guidelines for safety monitoring and reporting of adverse events focuses on medical interventions. Consequently, there is little guidance for investigators conducting social and behavior trials...

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..To develop and validate a brief screening measure for use in research, healthcare, and community settings to systematically assess well-being and identify needed areas of support for caregivers of patients with dementia...

..Preliminary data from an ongoing study of dementia caregivers is provided to demonstrate the feasibility of using technological interventions for this population...

..There were also effects of task experience. The findings also indicated significant direct and indirect relations between component cognitive abilities and task performance...

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..Black CGs with less religious coping who received the intervention also reported a decrease in depressive symptoms from baseline to follow-up...

..We theorized family functioning to partially mediate the relationship between objective burden and distress and to significantly account for the prediction of distress beyond well-recognized predictors...

..This article presents the development of the SFSR-Dementia Caregiver adaptation (SFSR-DC) and examines relationships between specific family-interaction patterns and caregiver distress...

..However, the participants from both age groups had difficulty meeting some of the task performance requirements. These results are discussed in terms of training strategies for older workers...

..However, because both upper and lower leg speed and power influence gait and balance, it is important to determine the training speeds that selectively improve these variables in older persons...

..The intent is to demonstrate how an ecologically valid approach affords greater insight into the performance of older adults in real world settings...

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..Actual or potential applications of this research include guidance in the use of support devices that can reduce memory demands and the identification of appropriate speech rates...

..These effects were moderated by task and gender. Overall, the findings indicated that computer attitudes are modifiable for people of all age groups. However, the nature of computer experience has an impact on attitude change...

..We discuss the implications of these findings for the design of intervention strategies...

..Medical treatment of patients that maintain or improve memory but do not address suffering may have little impact on the caregiver. Alzheimer disease patient suffering should be systematically assessed and treated by clinicians...

..The authors describe the design of the study, summarize the interventions implemented at each site, and provide an overview of the 4 articles in this special section...

..An additional objective was to determine if the intervention could be implemented by a community-based social service agency...

..We conclude with a discussion of implications and future directions for clinical intervention, research, and policy...

..CONCLUSIONS: A structured multicomponent intervention adapted to individual risk profiles can increase the quality of life of ethnically diverse dementia caregivers. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00177489...

..034). Also, active interventions were superior to control conditions for Hispanics, nonspouses, and caregivers with lower education. Results suggest interventions should be multicomponent and tailored...

..The results indicate that actively targeting caregiver behavior is effective in achieving positive outcomes with respect to caregiver depression...

..The authors evaluated the efficacy of a new cognitive rehabilitation program on memory and functional performance of mildly impaired Alzheimer disease (AD) patients receiving a cholinesterase inhibitor...

..Placing a relative with dementia into a long-term care facility is common among caregivers. Placement transition and factors that affect caregiver health and well-being after placement of the patient are not well described...

..The authors examined the frequency and appropriateness of use, the importance of a family caregiver in medication decisions for dementia patients, and differences in access to medical care...

..A uniform battery of predictor and outcome measures will be collected at baseline, three and six months. Cost effectiveness and clinical significance of the two conditions will also be evaluated. ..

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