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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 […]
Sleep in dementia caregivers and the effect of a nighttime monitoring system
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if a nighttime home monitoring system, designed to track the movements of a care recipient with dementia, would relieve worry and improve sleep in caregivers of persons with dementia.; Design and Methods: In this controlled clinical trial, 49 dementia caregivers were followed for up to 1 […]
EDUCA study: Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale
Martin-Carrasco, M.,
Otermin, P.,
Pérez-Camo, V.,
Pujol, J.,
Agüera, L.,
Martín, M. J.,
Gobartt, A. L.,
Pons, S.,
Balañá, M.
Objectives: The Zarit Caregiver Burden Scale, translated and validated into Spanish, is sensitive to the application of a Psychoeducational Intervention Program (PIP) for the prevention and reduction of burden in caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients (EDUCA study). The data obtained in EDUCA was used to reanalyse its psychometric properties and the cut-off points of […]
The effect of videophone communication (with skype and webcam)for elderly patients with dementia and their caregivers
Hori, Miyako,
Kubota, Masakazu,
Ando, Koichi,
Kihara, Takeshi,
Takahashi, Ryosuke,
Kinoshita, Ayae
We conducted an intervention study to clarify how effectively videophone (Skype) was used in the communication for elderly patients with dementia cared at home and their caregivers. For a period of 12 weeks, a patient-caregiver pair(n = 6) communicated with a nurse via computer for 30 minutes once a week. The patient and the caregiver […]