van der Roest, Henriëtte G., Meiland, Franka J. M., Jonker, Cees, Dröes, Rose-Marie

Objective: The need for information about the disease and coping with the consequences, as well as on available care and welfare services, is frequently unmet in people with dementia and their carers. To provide carers of community-dwelling people with dementia with tailored information, the DEMentia-specific dynamic interactive social chart (DEM-DISC) was developed. The impact on […]

Spijker, Anouk, Wollersheim, Hub, Teerenstra, Steven, Graff, Maud, Adang, Eddy, Verhey, Frans, Vernooij-Dassen, Myrra

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the Systematic Care Program for Dementia (SCPD) on patient institutionalization and to determine the predictors of institutionalization.; Design: Single-blind, multicenter, cluster-randomized, controlled trial.; Setting: Six community mental health services (CMHSs) across the Netherlands.; Participants: A total of 295 patient-caregiver dyads referred to a CMHS with suspected patient dementia.; Intervention: […]

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 […]

Haberstroh, J., Neumeyer, K., Schmitz, B., Pantel, J.

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a skill training aimed at increasing the social competence of caregivers of nursing home residents suffering from dementia. Herewith, the professional burden and occupational stress of the caregivers should be reduced and the quality of life of dementia patients should be increased. The contents of […]

Gitlin, Laura N, Winter, Laraine, Dennis, Marie P., Hodgson, Nancy, Hauck, Walter W.

Objectives: To test the effects of an intervention that helps families manage distressing behaviors in family members with dementia.; Design: Two-group randomized trial.; Setting: In home.; Participants: Two hundred seventy-two caregivers and people with dementia.; Intervention: Up to 11 home and telephone contacts over 16 weeks by health professionals who identified potential triggers of patient […]

Huang, Huei-Ling, Kuo, Li-Min, Chen, Yu-Shu, Liang, Jersey, Huang, Hsiu-Li, Chiu, Yi-Chen, Chen, Sien-Tsong, Sun, Yu, Hsu, Wen-Chuin, Shyu, Yea-Ing L.

Objective: To investigate the effects of an individualized, home-based caregiver-training program for caregivers of elderly patients with dementia and behavioral problems.; Methods: Using a randomized clinical trial in the neurologic clinics of two hospitals and a community care management center in northern Taiwan, we tested an individualized home-based caregiver-training program for managing behavioral problems, with […]