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Helping family caregivers by linking primary care physicians with community-based dementia care services
— the Alzheimer's Service Coordination Program | | Author(s) | Richard H Fortinsky, Christine G Unson, Ramon I Garcia |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 1, no 2, June 2002 |
| Pages | pp 227-240 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Services ; Family care ; Coordination ; General practice ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Alzheimer's Service Coordination Program (ASCP) was developed in the US, based on the rationale that family caregivers of people with dementia could benefit in measurable ways from a care partnership arrangement linking primary care with a community organisation specialising in dementia care and support. In metropolitan Cleveland, Ohio, 29 physicians referred 62 family caregivers to a service co-ordinator (SC) who provided individualised consultation to family caregivers and capable patients with dementia regarding all non-medical aspects of dementia care and available resources to the community. Over a 6-month intervention period, 44 caregivers with complete follow-up data reported statistically significant increases in self-efficacy for using community support services. Caregivers and participating physicians reported satisfaction with the ASCP. Despite relatively small numbers of participants, the service co-ordination and individualised consultation model featured in the ASCP has been adapted for two larger randomised trials in the US. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020816206 A |
| Classmark | EA: I: P6:SJ: QAJ: L5: 3J: 7T |
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