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Dementia caregivers’ responses to 2 Internet-based intervention programs
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the impact on dementia caregivers’ experienced stress and health status of 2 Internet-based intervention programs.; Design and Methods: Ninety-one dementia caregivers were given the choice of being involved in either an Internet-based chat support group or an Internet-based video conferencing support group. Pre-post outcome measures focused […]
Evaluation of a Medical and Mental Health Unit compared with standard care for older people whose emergency admission to an acute general hospital is complicated by concurrent ‘confusion’: a controlled clinical trial. Acronym: TEAM: Trial of an Elderly Acute care Medical and mental health unit
Harwood, Rowan H.,
Goldberg, Sarah E.,
Whittamore, Kathy H.,
Russell, Catherine,
Gladman, John Rf,
Jones, Rob G.,
Porock, Davina,
Lewis, Sarah A.,
Bradshaw, Lucy E.,
Elliot, Rachel A.
Background: Patients with delirium and dementia admitted to general hospitals have poor outcomes, and their carers report poor experiences. We developed an acute geriatric medical ward into a specialist Medical and Mental Health Unit over an eighteen month period. Additional specialist mental health staff were employed, other staff were trained in the ‘person-centred’ dementia care […]
Multifactorial fall prevention for pairs of frail community-dwelling older fallers and their informal caregivers: a dead end for complex interventions in the frailest fallers
Faes, Miriam C.,
Reelick, Miriam F.,
Melis, René J.,
Borm, George F.,
Esselink, Rianne A.,
Rikkert, Marcel G. Olde
Objective: To assess whether a multifactorial fall prevention program was more effective than usual geriatric care in preventing falls and reducing fear of falling in frail community-dwelling older fallers, with and without cognitive impairment, and in alleviating subjective caregiver burden in caregivers.; Design, Setting, and Participants: A randomized, 2 parallel-group, single-blind, multicenter trial conducted in […]
Integrative psychotherapeutic nursing home program to reduce multiple psychiatric symptoms of cognitively impaired patients and caregiver burden: randomized controlled trial
Bakker, Ton J. E. M.,
Duivenvoorden, Hugo J.,
van der Lee, Jacqueline,
Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.,
Beekman, Aartjan T. F.,
Ribbe, Miel W.
Objective: To test the effectiveness of an integrative psychotherapeutic nursing home program (integrative reactivation and rehabilitation [IRR]) to reduce multiple neuropsychiatry symptoms (MNPS) of cognitively impaired patients and caregiver burden (CB).; Design: Randomized controlled trial.; Setting: Psychiatric-skilled nursing home (IRR) and usual care (UC), consisting of different types of nursing home care at home or […]
The effect of telephone support groups on costs of care for veterans with dementia
Wray, Laura O.,
Shulan, Mollie D.,
Toseland, Ronald W.,
Freeman, Kurt E.,
Vásquez, Bob Edward,
Gao, Jian
Purpose: Few studies have addressed the effects of caregiver interventions on the costs of care for the care recipient. This study evaluated the effects of a caregiver education and support group delivered via the telephone on care recipient health care utilization and cost.; Design and Methods: The Telehealth Education Program (TEP) is a manualized program […]