Fortinsky, Richard H., Kulldorff, Martin, Kleppinger, Alison, Kenyon-Pesce, Lisa

Objective: The primary objective is to report on the efficacy of an individualized dementia care consultation intervention for family caregivers of patients with diagnosed dementia living in the community. The secondary objective is to present evidence on the intervention process to inform the feasibility and sustainability of the model featuring collaboration between primary care physicians […]

Elliott, Amanda F., Burgio, Louis D., DeCoster, Jamie

Objectives: To examine the relationships between changes from baseline to post-Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregiver Health (REACH) intervention in caregiver (CG) self-reported health, burden, and bother.; Design: Randomized, multisite clinical trial.; Setting: CG and care recipient (CR) homes in five U.S. cities.; Participants: Four hundred ninety-five dementia CG and CR dyads (169 Hispanic, 160 white, […]

Ducharme, F. C., Levesque, L. L., Lachance, L. M., Kergoat, M.-J., Legault, A. J., Beaudet, L. M., Zarit, S. H.

Purpose: The purpose of this experimental study was to test the efficacy of a psychoeducational individual program conceived to facilitate transition to the caregiver role following diagnosis of Alzheimer disease in a relative.; Design and Methods: Caregivers were recruited in memory clinics and randomized to an experimental group (n = 62) or a control group […]

de Rotrou, Jocelyne, Cantegreil, Inge, Faucounau, Véronique, Wenisch, Emilie, Chausson, Catherine, Jegou, David, Grabar, Sophie, Rigaud, Anne-Sophie

Objective: The Aide dans la Maladie d’Alzheimer (AIDMA) study was conducted to determine whether a psycho-educational programme (PEP) for primary caregivers in addition to standard anti-dementia drugs for patients improves caregivers’ psychological condition and patients’ activities of daily life.; Method: Multicentre randomised controlled intervention trial. One hundred and sixty-seven dyads ‘patient-caregiver’ were recruited from 15 […]

Davis, Jennifer Duncan, Tremont, Geoffrey, Bishop, Duane S., Fortinsky, Richard H.

Objective: Study the preliminary efficacy of a telephone intervention, Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking-Nursing Home (FITT-NH) for improving dementia caregivers’ adjustment following nursing home placement.; Methods: Caregivers were enrolled on average 6 weeks following the care-recipients’ placement in a nursing home. Baseline assessment included self-report measures of caregiver emotional functioning, staff-caregiver interactions, placement satisfaction, health-related quality […]

Carbonneau, Hélène, Caron, Chantal D., Desrosiers, Johanne

The loss of autonomy associated with dementia affects the people with dementia themselves as well as their caregivers who are often left feeling powerless and incompetent in their caregiving role. Most of the programs developed to support caregivers focus on burden and do not consider the positive aspects of caregiving. Leisure represents a way to […]

Brodaty, Henry, Mittelman, Mary, Gibson, Louisa, Seeher, Katrin, Burns, Alistair

Objective: Does psychosocial intervention for caregivers whose spouses with Alzheimer disease (AD) are taking donepezil delay nursing home (NH) placement or death of patients?; Design: Randomized controlled trial with 2 years of active treatment and up to 8.5 years of follow-up (mean: 5.4 years, SD: 2.4).; Setting: Outpatients of research clinics in Australia, the United […]

Bird, Michael, Llewellyn-Jones, Robert H., Korten, Ailsa

Objectives: Treatment of challenging behaviour in dementia using standardized psychopharmacological or psychosocial approaches remains problematical. A case-specific approach was trialled in this study, based on extensive evidence that each case is different in aetiology, the effects of the behaviour on others and what interventions are possible given the available resources.; Method: Forty-four consecutive referrals for […]

Banningh, L. W. A. J.-W., Vernooij-Dassen, M. J. F. J., Vullings, M., Prins, J. B., Rikkert, M. G. M. O., Kessels, R. P. C.

This controlled study examines the efficacy of a comprehensive group program aimed at care partners of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which comprises elements of psychoeducation, cognitive rehabilitation, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Pre- and posttreatment quantitative and qualitative data were collected in the significant others of 84 patients with MCI, 27 of whom had […]

Au, Alma, Li, Sapphire, Lee, Kristy, Leung, Patrick, Pan, Pey-Chyou, Thompson, Larry, Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores

Objective: This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness of Coping with Caregiving (CWC) psychoeducational program for Chinese family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease in Hong Kong.; Method: Twenty-seven female primary caregivers were randomized to join the treatment group or wait-list control group. The caregivers in the treatment group participated in 13 weekly training sessions which […]