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Review of family therapy and dementia
— twenty-five years on | | Author(s) | Susan Mary Benbow, Victoria Sharman |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 26, no 12, December 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, December 2014 |
| Pages | pp 2037-2050 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Therapy ; Psychiatric treatment ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The present study reviewed the literature on family therapy and dementia to investigate the following: what is known about the use of family therapy in the context of living with dementia; what are the challenges of working in this context; and what guidelines/models are available to guide family therapists working with families living with dementia. A literature search was carried out of papers published from 1992 onwards. These were in turn classified into broad categories of theoretical, expository or research (descriptive, quantitative, or qualitative). A narrative review was then conducted to draw learning points from the identified papers. In total 31 papers were identified: five theoretical, 11 expository; and 15 research papers. Several papers described methodologies: psychotherapeutic interventions applied to family members; or complex intervention packages in which the role of family therapy could not be separately identified, rather than family therapy. A range of outcomes were investigated, often involving the caregiver. Several authors suggest areas in dementia care where family therapy is likely to be beneficial. Although the literature on family therapy and dementia has grown over the past 25 years and suggests potentially useful roles for therapy, a number of challenges exist in terms of context, family and therapy itself. There is a need for further research, particularly into the following fields: how to evaluate the success of therapy; how to ensure treatment integrity; how to make techniques from family therapy available more widely; and how to train the health and social care workforce in working with families. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150710212 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: LO: LP: 64A |
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