Connecting Through Caregiving: Reappraising Intergeneration Relationship in Dementia Caregiving
Alma Au,
Daniel W. L. Lai,
Amy Y. M. Chow
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
Dementia caregiving presents a challenge in life transition wherein the adult child is caring for his or her parents. The study examined the effects of a telephone-administered perspective-taking intervention for adult child caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia to reduce levels of depressive symptoms as well as presence and reaction to behavioral problems and also to enhance social support. The mediation effect of perspective-taking on depressive symptoms was also e… Show more
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