Year: 2001
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: With regard to dyadic communication between a care provider and a care receiver who has Alzheimer's disease, communication breakdown is regularly listed among the top four stressors in scales of caregiver stress and burden.The purpose for this study was to identify communication strategies and techniques that, when used by the care provider, result in effective communication.Study participants responded face-to-face, online, or by telephone to a guided interview consisting of five questions.Data gathered agrees with extant literature.Responses highlighted the importance of communication behaviors that fit into the categories of immediacy, surrogate adaptation, education and acceptance, and validation.
Source: The Mathematics Enthusiast
Author: Suzanne A. Grubaugh
Institution: University of Montana
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2464630695