Implementation and acceptability of the Caregiver Care Model in general practice: a mixed-method feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Being a caregiver can be demanding. Therefore, we developed the Caregiver Care Model for general practice. The model consists of a mandatory dialogue questionnaire, which is used to identify support needs in caregivers, grief-facilitating questions, and an overview of community-based caregiver initiatives for caregivers in need of support. We aimed to test the implementation and acceptability of the model in general practice.

Methods

We used a fixed, convergent, mixed-methods approach to test the model in five general practices in the Central Denmark Region among 40 caregivers. Quantitative data included monitoring data collected by health professionals in an online database at inclusion and after each consultation. Qualitative data were derived from five introduc

SUBMITTER: Nielsen MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12044925 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature