Depression in Dementia: A pilot project to develop a psychotherapeutic approach for persons residing in the nursing home

Principal Investigator: Kimberly Van Haitsma
Period: 1998-2000
Funded by: Intervention Research Center/Depression in Late Life: Psychiatric - Medical Comorbidity, NIH/NIMH/University of Pennsylvania

Abstract: This project was a subcontract with the University of Pennsylvania. The project was designed to develop a psychotherapeutic approach for nursing home residents with dementia and depression and to begin testing its feasibility.