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This thesis explored caregiver responses to persons with dementia (PWD) in association with psychological outcomes in both caregivers and PWD, using a variety of methods, including a systematic review, a naturalistic study using the Expressed Emotion (EE) methodology with cross-…

As the aging population increases, the rates of degenerative diseases associated with advanced age, such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, also rise. Thus, the caregiver population grows in response, increasing the rates of caregiver burden. Caregivers of older adults are usu…