Innovative Interventions To Reduce Dementia Caregiver Distress

David W. Coon, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and Research Scientist/Project Director at the Institute of Aging (formerly Goldman Institute on Aging).Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, PhD, ABPP, is Professor of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has been for many years the Director of the Older Adult and Family Center of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University.Larry W. Thompson, PhD, is Professor (Active) Emeritus at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was the Director of the Older Adult and Family Center until his retirement.

• ContributorsPrefacePart I: Background Issues Family Caregivers: Enduring and Emergent Themes, David W. Coon, Marcia G. Ory, and Richard Schulz Monitoring and Evaluating Interventions, Benjamin H. Gottlieb, Larry W. Thompson, and Michelle BourgeoisInterventions for a Multicultural Society, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Rita Hargrave, Ladson Hinton, Patricia Arean, Gayle Iwamasa, and L. McKenzie Zeiss Part II: Practical Interventions for the Reduction of Caregiver Distress: Experience from the Field Specific Stressors of Spousal Caregivers: Difficult Behaviors, Loss of Sexual Intimacy, and Incontinence, Mary Mittelman, Antonette Zeiss, Helen Davies, and Delois Guy Family Interventions to Address the Needs of the Caregiving System, Soledad Arguelles, Ellen J. Klausner, Trinidad Arguelles, and David W. Coon Skill-Building: Psychoeducational Strategies, Louis D. Burgio, Nancy Solano, Susan E. Fisher, Alan Stevens, and Dolores Gallagher-Thompson In-Home Interventions: Helping Caregivers Where They Live, Laura N. Gitlin and Lisa P. Gwyther Primary Care: Partnering with Health Care Providers, Robert Burns, Linda Nichols, Jennifer Martindale-Adams, David W. Coon, Katie Maslow, and John Selstad Capitalizing on Technological Advances, Ann Steffen, Diane Feeney Mahoney, and Kathleen Kelly Anticipatory Grief and Loss: Issues for Intervention, Julia Kasl-Godley Part III: Case Examples of Interventions Tailored to Specific Caregiving Groups Ethnic Minority Caregivers, Elizabeth Edgerly, Lisa Montes, Edith Yau, Sandy Chen Stokes, and Darlyne Redd Male Caregivers: Challenges and Opportunities, Sean A. Lauderdale, James A. D’Andrea, and David W. Coon The Families We Choose: Intervention Issues with LGBT Caregivers, David W. Coon and L. McKenzie Zeiss Part IV:Recommendations for the Future Future Directions in Dementia Caregiving Intervention Research and Practice Larry W. Thompson, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and William E. HaleyIndex