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Support groups for caregivers of Alzheimer patients — a historical review
Author(s)	Carlos Hornillos, Maria Crespo
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 11, no 2, March 2012
Pages	pp 155-169
Source	http://dem.sagepub.com/
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Self help organisations ; Histories ; Evaluation.
Annotation	This historical review looks at the use and study of support groups for family caregivers of Alzheimer patients. It describes their main features and variations, with special emphasis on information about their efficacy. Three different time periods were identified in the analysis: an initial stage (late 1970s-1985) with studies based on subjective impressions and questionnaires showing high satisfaction among caregivers; a second stage (1985-1995) with more rigorous methodology, which led to doubts about the efficacy of SGs; and a third stage (1995-present) in which qualitative methodology focused on group process has led to renewed interest. Proposals regarding the future of research on caregiver SGs are discussed. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-120710002 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: PQ: 6A: 4C
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