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Caring and coping with loss in dementia
— findings of main study | | Author(s) | Karen Moore, Marie Claire Shankland |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 67, December 1998 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 37-43 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Psychology [care] ; Projects ; Sheffield. |
| Annotation | Funded by the Community Health Sheffield Service Improvement and Development Programme, the 2-year Caring and Coping with Loss in Dementia project ended in July 1998; the pilot study was reported in PSIGE Newsletter no 64, March 1998. This facilitator-led intervention focused on the emotional and problem solving aspects of caring for and coping with the "loss" of a relative with dementia. Unlike in the pilot study, a control group was used. It was hypothesised that the following would be observed post-intervention: increased sense of well-being (General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-28); reduced sense of isolation (GHQ-28); increased perception of competence in relation to care given (Carer's Sense of Competence Questionnaire); and increased knowledge of range of coping strategies (Carers Assessment of Managing Index - CAMI). In contrast to other studies, the findings demonstrated the benefits of a group intervention for carers: the target population of informal carers early in their caring carers was reached; and the hypotheses were supported. Evidence was found that spouse and adult child carers are two discrete populations with their own specific needs and issues, and should be treated accordingly in future studies. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990224006 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SN: P6:SS: QN: 3E: 85C |
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