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NEW Kuo, L.-M., Huang, H.-L., Huang, H.-L., Liang, J., Chiu, Y.-C., Chen, S.-T., Kwok, Y.-T., Hsu, W.-C., & Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2013). A home-based training program improves Taiwanese family caregivers’ quality of life and decreases their risk for depression: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(5), 504-513.

NEW Kuo, L.-M., Huang, H.-L., Liang, J., Kwok, Y.-T., Hsu, W.-C., Liu, J.-Y., & Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2017). Trajectories of health-related quality of life among family caregivers of individuals with dementia: A home-based caregiver-training program matters. Geriatric Nursing, 38(2), 124-132.

NEW Kuo, L.-M., Huang, H.-L., Liang, J., Kwok, Y.-T., Hsu, W.-C., Su P.-L., & Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of a home-based training programme to decrease depression in family caregivers of persons with dementia. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73(3), 585-598.

NEW Huang, H.-L., Kuo, L.-M., Chen, Y.-S., Liang, J., Huang, H.-L., Chiu, Y.-C., Chen, S.-T., Sun, Y., Hsu, W.-C., & Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2013). A home-based training program improves caregivers‘ skills and dementia patients‘ aggressive behaviors: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(11), 1060-1070.

Liu, H. Y., Wang, Y. N., Huang, H. L., Hsu, W. C., Lin, Y. E., Huang, T. H., & Shyu, Y. I. L. (2014). Psychometric properties of the finding a balance scale for family caregivers of elders with dementia in Taiwan. Research in Nursing & Health, 37, 336–346. doi: 10.1002/nur.21603

Liu, H.-Y., Yang, C.-T., Wang, Y.-N., Hsu, W.-C., Huang, T.-H., Lin, Y.-E, … Shyu, Y.-I. L. (2017). Balancing competing needs mediates the association of caregiving demand with caregiver role strain and depressive symptoms of dementia caregivers: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73, 2962-2972. doi: 10.1111/jan.13379

Shyu, Y. I. (2002). A conceptual framework for understanding family caregiving process to frail elders in Taiwan. Research in Nursing & Health, 25(2), 111-121.

Shyu, Y. I., Archbold, P., & Imle, M. (1998). Finding a balance point: A process central to understanding family caregiving in Taiwanese Families. Research in Nursing & Health, 21(3), 261-270.