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“Living Together with Dementia”—A psychoeducational group programme for family caregivers
| Summary: | Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of the psychoeducational programme “Living together with dementia” applied to a group of family caregivers of people with dementia. Design and Methods: A quasi‐experimental study with pretest and posttest and a 4‐month follow‐up. Fifteen family caregivers of people with dementia were recruited in a community care unit in northern Portugal. Results: A positive and statistically significant impact on these caregivers' burden was found. Practice Implications: The programme could be an important mechanism to train family caregivers of home‐dwelling people with dementia. |
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| Main Authors: | Sousa, Lia |
| Other Authors: | Sequeira, Carlos; Ferré‐Grau, Carme; Costa, Rita; Pimenta, Sérgio; Silva, Susana; Graça, Luís |
| Subject: | Dementia Training programmes Family caregivers Nursing |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Universidade do Porto |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Universidade do Porto |
| Summary: | Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of the psychoeducational programme “Living together with dementia” applied to a group of family caregivers of people with dementia. Design and Methods: A quasi‐experimental study with pretest and posttest and a 4‐month follow‐up. Fifteen family caregivers of people with dementia were recruited in a community care unit in northern Portugal. Results: A positive and statistically significant impact on these caregivers' burden was found. Practice Implications: The programme could be an important mechanism to train family caregivers of home‐dwelling people with dementia. |
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