Stress and Coping Models of Caregiving Distress -- Stress and Coping Models -- Is Caregiving Stressful Because It Is Hard Work? -- The Course of Caregiving Distress -- Stress and Coping Models and the Intervention Presented in This Volume -- Dementia Caregiver Burden and Ethnicity / T.J. McCallum -- Sociocultural Factors and Social Support -- Cultural Tradition -- Family Dynamics -- The Role of the Church -- Caregiver Ethnicity and Coping Style -- Theoretical Explanations -- Stress Buffering -- Physiological Research -- Caregiving and Poor Health Outcomes -- Stress Level Monitoring -- Understanding Stress -- The Cycle of Distress -- The Use of Monitoring -- The Daily Stress Rating Form -- Progressive Relaxation and Visualization -- Progressive Relaxation -- Visualization -- The Relaxing Events Schedule -- Caring for Self -- Pleasant Events Theory -- Caregiver Stress and Relaxing Events -- The Relaxing Events Schedule -- Stress-Neutral Thoughts -- Cognitive Restructuring -- Cognitive Restructuring: Caregivers and Older Adults -- Worried Thoughts -- The Thought Tracking Record -- Reducing Worried Thoughts and Increasing Stress-Neutral Thoughts -- Elements of Self-Change -- The Effectiveness of the Stress Reduction Technique -- A Brief Review of the Interventions -- The Effects of Psychoeducational Intervention on Self-Reported Distress in Caregivers -- The Context of Stress Reduction: Community Services and Resources for Caregivers -- Respite Services and Community-Based Services -- Placement in 24-Hour Care -- Legal Alternatives.