Gelmini, G., Morabito, B., Braidi, G.

The present study has been organized for appraising if the formation of the caregivers of insane patients can bring benefits to the conditions of stress that bear every day. The evaluation has considered 74 caregivers participants to 5 courses of formation organized in 12 evenings of around 2 each. The subjects have been valued before […]

Gavrilova, Svetlana I., Ferri, Cleusa P., Mikhaylova, Natalya, Sokolova, Olga, Banerjee, Sube, Prince, Martin

Objectives: Dementia is a rapidly growing public health problem in low and middle income countries. There is an urgent need, in the absence of formal services, to develop interventions designed to improve the lives of people with dementia, and their families. This study tests the effectiveness of the 10/66 caregiver intervention among people with dementia, […]

Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores, Wang, Peng-Chih, Liu, Weiling, Cheung, Vinnie, Peng, Rebecca, China, Danielle, Thompson, Larry W.

Prior research (Gallagher-Thompson, D., Gray, H., Tang, P., Pu, C.-Y., Tse, C., Hsu, S., et al. (2007). Impact of in-home intervention versus telephone support in reducing depression and stress of Chinese caregivers: Results of a pilot study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 425-434.) found that an in-home behavioral management program, derived conceptually from cognitive […]

Flynn Longmire, Crystal V., Drye, Lea T., Frangakis, Constantine E., Martin, Barbara K., Meinert, Curtis L., Mintzer, Jacobo E., Munro, Cynthia A., Porsteinsson, Anton P., Rabins, Peter V., Rosenberg, Paul B., Schneider, Lon S., Weintraub, Daniel, Lyketsos, Constantine G.

Objective: We wanted to assess if sertraline treatment (versus placebo) or remission of depression at 12 weeks (versus nonremission) in Alzheimer patients is associated with improved caregiver well being.; Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the efficacy and safety of sertraline for the treatment of depression in individuals with Alzheimer disease […]

Braun, Melanie, Scholz, Urte, Hornung, Rainer, Martin, Mike

Objectives: Despite a rapid increase in studies dealing with dementia caregivers in Europe, a valid German version of the most widely used measurement of caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview) has not yet been published. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the German Zarit Burden Interview (G-ZBI).; Method: Twenty-eight community-dwelling […]

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 […]

Aakhus, Eivind, Engedal, Knut, Aspelund, Tom, Selbaek, Geir

Background: Family caregivers of patients with psychiatric or medical disorders are at risk of developing psychological distress. Studies including family caregivers of patients with dementia have shown that psychoeducative programmes reduce distress and postpone institutionalisation. Little is known about the effect of psychoeducation of relatives of psychogeriatric patients. The aim of this study was to […]