Adaptation of a psycho-educational group programme to improve coping in dementia caregiving: a feasibility study with mixed-methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the number of people living with dementia rapidly increases worldwide, the support provided by their informal caregivers remains key to the sustainability of most healthcare systems, this voluntary contribution representing 40% of the costs of dementia worldwide. Informal caregiving in dementia, however, is linked to long periods of chronic stress with frequent and serious negative consequences on the health and quality of life of the caregiver. A psycho-educational group intervention focusing on coping with the daily stress of dementia caregiving ("Learning to feel better… to help better"), developed in French-speaking Canada and showing broad effects on quality of life, was selected with the aim of 1) adapting it to a new cultural context (French-speaking Switzerlan

SUBMITTER: Pihet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900645 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature