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Stroke survivor caregiver education
— methods and effectiveness | | Author(s) | Matthew Banford, Maura Kratz, Rhonda Brown |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 19, no 1, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 37-52 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Stroke ; Informal care ; Training [welfare work] ; Law ; Occupational therapists ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to describe: the content of stroke survivor caregiver education provided by occupational therapy practitioners; methods used to provide the education; therapists' perceptions of the effectiveness of each method; and how effectiveness was evaluated. A random sample of 500 occupational therapists who were members of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) were sent questionnaires; 237 were returned (47%), of which 207 were usable. Demonstration or observation of the therapist and verbal instruction were used most often to educate caregivers of stroke survivors. These methods were deemed to be the most effective. Return demonstration by the caregiver was favoured by therapists to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching. Follow-up studies are needed to evaluate the post-discharge carry-over of demonstration as a teaching method to prepare caregivers of stroke survivors for their new role. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020220209 A |
| Classmark | CQA: P6: QW: VR: QTR: 7T |
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