- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A descriptive study to determine the emotional effects of Alzheimer's disease on family caregivers, 1995
- Creator:
- Pickett, Crystal Yvette
- Date of Original:
- 1995-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to examine the stressors and experiences of caregivers while providing care to a loved one suffering from Alzheimers disease. The sample for this study consisted of thirty respondents who provide care to demented loved ones. They resided in Fulton County, and Dekalb County, Georgia. Original instruments consisting of twenty-one questions were mailed to several family support group leaders in the Atlanta Area Chapter Alzheimers Association. The results were analyzed utilizing frequency distributions, means, standard deviations and Pearsons r Correlation Coefficient. The findings of this study revealed that there was no statistically significant relationship between a family member suffering from Alzheimers disease and emotional distress experienced by family caregivers.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1995_pickett_crystal_y
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
