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An evaluation of a Memory Remediation Group — do carers benefit?
Author(s)	Alison James, Neil Sabin
Journal title	PSIGE Newsletter, no 91, October 2005
Publisher	Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, October 2005
Pages	pp 22-27
Source	http://www.psige.org.uk
Keywords	Dementia ; Memory disorders ; Evaluation ; Family care ; Evaluation ; Group work ; Psychiatric treatment.
Annotation	Memory groups can be helpful in offering a form of cognitive rehabilitation both to family members with dementia and their carers. The authors describe a study with a small group of carers who were invited to attend two memory groups with their partner/relative with mild memory problems. The aim was to examine if caregiver stress, strain and coping techniques - as measured by the Memory Awareness Rating Scale informant version (MARS, the Carer's Stress Scale, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Coping Response Inventory (CRI) - altered as a result of the memory group intervention. Results suggest that while carers experience short-term improvements and less total stress, changes in roles and family conflict also occurred. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060202203 A
Classmark	EA: EH: 4C: P6:SJ: 4C: IGG: LP
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