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Training families to provide care
— effects on people with dementia | | Author(s) | Linda Teri |
| Corporate Author | "What Works in Dementia Care" Symposium, Stirling, 1998 |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 2 [Proceedings of the symposium held in Scotland, June 1998, Part 1], February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 110-115 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Training [welfare work]. |
| Annotation | Four questions concerning family training in dementia care are considered: What do we know about what works? How do we know it? What do we need to know? How should we be trying to find this out? This paper also provides some introductory information on the nature of family caregivers in dementia and the phenomenology of caregiver burden and behavioural problems in dementia, often the focus of family training. In recent years, the amount and popularity of information on training family caregivers has grown exponentially, as is evident in the proliferation of books, training materials and information handouts. Even video and the internet are both used in educating caregivers. More than ten years ago, reports showed that caregivers were able to learn specific behavioural techniques and successfully reduce problem behaviours. More recently, controlled trials have suggested the effectiveness of caregiver training programmes in reducing behavioural problems or delaying institutionalisation of patients with dementia. More controlled clinical trials are needed to understand factors known to influence effective care, such as patient and caregiver health or family and social supports. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825229 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: QW |
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