Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS
Volume 30, Issue 6, Pages 573-583Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514568003
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; dementia; caregiving; interventions; psychoeducation; one-group pretest-posttest design
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Funding
- Paul Ambrose Scholar's Program
- University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Women's Council Fellowships
- University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Irene Campbell Anderson Award
- University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Mrs. Otto W. (Clara) Knutson Award
- National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health [T32NR013456]
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This study describes an evaluation of a community-based psychoeducational intervention, called The Family Series Workshop, for caregivers of community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD). In a one-group pretest-posttest design, participants (n = 35) attended six weekly sessions. Caregiver stress, coping, and caregiving competence were evaluated along with demographic characteristics of participants. There was a significant improvement found for caregiving competence, and a marginally significant increase in coping with humor. Using regression analysis we also found that coping with humor, along with stress, were significant predictors of caregiving competence. These findings indicate that it is possible to increase caregiving competence utilizing a grassroots approach and that it is feasible to hold educational, group discussions on a plethora of challenging caregiving topics.
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