Journal of Clinical Geropsychology
1573-3556
1079-9362
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Predicting Treatment Response in Older Adults with Insomnia
Tập 7 - Trang 131-143 - 2001
This study examined potential predictors of treatment outcome in late-life
insomnia. Fifty-four older adults with chronic insomnia were treated with
cognitive–behavior therapy (CBT), pharmacotherapy (PCT), or combined CBT plus
PCT. Pretreatment characteristics such as demographic, clinical, psychometric,
and sleep variables were examined as correlates or potential predictors of
treatment response....
Factor Structure of the Burden Interview
Tập 6 - Trang 249-258 - 2000
Zarit's Burden Interview is the most commonly used measure of burden among
family caregivers for demented older adults, but has been criticized for its
diverse item content and lack of correspondence to theoretically based
multidimensional burden scales. The factor structure of this measure of burden
was examined in a sample of 220 family caregivers of demented elderly. The
implied 1-factor model ...
The Conceptualization of Anxiety: An Exploratory Study of Japanese American Older Adults
Tập 7 Số 1 - Trang 53-65 - 2001
Few empirical studies exist on the mental health of Japanese American older
adults. This study focused on how Japanese American older adults conceptualize
anxiety. Participants were presented with a checklist, which included anxiety
and depression symptoms identified in a previous qualitative study conducted by
the authors, as well as symptoms from Generalized Anxiety Disorder in the
Statistical M...
Measuring Daytime Drowsiness in Nursing Home Residents: The MSLT-NH
Tập 6 - Trang 315-323 - 2000
A standardized method of assessing daytime drowsiness in frail nursing home
residents has not been previously available. We present here the development and
test characteristics of an instrument to measure daytime drowsiness in nursing
home residents with cognitive and functional impairment, the Multiple Sleep
Latency Test-Nursing Home (MSLT-NH). In a standardized manner, the resident is
tested th...
Spaced Retrieval Enhances Memory in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer's Disease
Tập 5 - Trang 159-175 - 1999
We used the spaced retrieval method to improve recall of everyday objects in
older adults with probable Alzheimer's Disease. Three training sessions were
administered on alternate days over a week. On each training trial, participants
selected a designated object from an array of items at increasingly longer
retention intervals. Implicit and explicit memory for the target item was
assessed after e...
Mental Health Services in Kentucky Nursing Homes: A Survey of Administrators
Tập 6 - Trang 223-232 - 2000
National surveys have shown that mental health problems are prevalent in
long-term care and suggest that these settings are largely underserved by mental
health services. Nursing home administrators are gatekeepers for mental health
services in nursing homes. Administrators of Kentucky nursing homes were
surveyed regarding their perceptions of mental health problems, current and
future services us...
The Phenomenology of Posttraumatic Distress in Older Adult Holocaust Survivors
Tập 8 - Trang 189-201 - 2002
This paper focuses on the effects of the Holocaust on its survivors more than 55
years after the end of World War II. The emphasis is on survivors who were
either adults during the Holocaust and who are now over the age of 70, or
survivors who were children during the Holocaust and whose age is now between 56
and 70. The central question was: What kinds of posttraumatic phenomena are seen
in older...
Traumatic Exposure and PTSD in Older Adults: Introduction to the Special Issue
Tập 8 - Trang 149-152 - 2002
Impact of Psychoeducational Interventions on Distressed Family Caregivers
Tập 6 - Trang 91-110 - 2000
This study compared the effectiveness of two active interventions to a
waiting-list control condition to reduce depression and burden and increase use
of adaptive coping strategies in family caregivers (N = 161) of physically
and/or cognitively impaired older adults. Chi-square analysis of change in
depression status from pre- to postintervention showed a higher percentage of
improvement among par...
Recurrence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Late Life: A Cognitive Aging Perspective
Tập 8 - Trang 303-311 - 2002
Clinical experience with older adults shows that many will experience PTSD
symptoms in older adulthood because of trauma exposure early in life. Some of
these patients struggled with PTSD in the distant past and remained symptomfree
for decades only to have a recurrence of PTSD in late life. This paper outlines
a cognitive aging explanation for the recurrence of PTSD. It is proposed that
the age-r...