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Effect of combined support for people with dementia and carers versus regular day care on behaviour and mood of persons with dementia
— results from a multi-centre implementation study | | Author(s) | Rose-Marie Dröes, Franka Meiland, Mirjam Schmitz |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 7, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 673-684 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Depression ; Family care ; Day services ; Day centres ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Comparison ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | A previous study in Amsterdam showed that combined family support in the Meeting Centre Support Programme, in which dementia patients and their carers are both supported by one professional staff member, is more effective in influencing behaviour problems and mood of dementia patients living in the community than non-integrated support, such as day care only. 112 dementia patients who visited psychogeriatric day care in 8 community centres across the Netherlands and in 3 nursing homes, and their carers participated in this study. 89 received support from the Meeting Centre Support Programme together with their carers; the control group (n=23) received day care only. After 7 months, compared to regular day care, the experimental group showed a moderately positive effect on the degree of total behaviour problems, especially on inactivity and non-social behaviour; also, a large effect on depressive behaviour, and a moderate effect on self-esteem. The findings confirm the surplus value of combined family support and the Meeting Centre Support Programme as compared to regular day care for people with mild to severe dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040913221 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: ENR: P6:SJ: NM: NMC: QAJ: QK6: 48: 76H |
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