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"Taking care of myself"
— efficacy of an intervention programme for caregivers of a relative with dementia living in a long-term care setting | | Author(s) | Francine Ducharme, Louise Lévesque, Lise Lachance |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 4, no 1, February 2005 |
| Pages | pp 23-48 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Daughters as carers ; Group work ; Dementia ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this randomised study was to test the efficacy of an intervention programme entitled "Taking Care of Myself" on selected indicators of mental health of daughter caregivers of ageing parents with dementia living in a long-term care setting. The programme is based on an empowerment perspective and on a stress and coping theoretical framework. Three groups of caregivers were compared: 45 took part in the experimental group programme (EG), 51 in a comparison programme offered by a Quebec Alzheimer Society (AG), and 41 comprised a control group. Two successful outcomes are unique to the EG condition, that is, competence dealing with health care staff and perceived challenge of the caregiver role. Prediction analyses also provide statistical support for the efficacy of the EG and AG conditions to produce successful outcomes with respect to common indicators (perceived threat and role overload, control by self, informal/formal social support, and use of the coping strategy of refraining). These results provide avenues of intervention for promoting the mental health of caregivers of an institutionalised relative. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050210214 A |
| Classmark | E: P6:SSH: IGG: EA: KW: LHB: 4C: 7S |
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