Caregiver Burden and Psychoeducational Interventions in Alzheimer's Disease: a Review

Overview

Journal Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra

Publisher Karger

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2013 Jan 24

PMID 23341829

Citations 38

Authors

N Beinart

J Weinman

D Wade

R Brady

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Abstract

Background: Caring for a patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with poor quality of life and deteriorating health for the caregiver.

Methods: This comprehensive review was performed to investigate the current literature on caregiver burden, factors affecting caregiver burden and the effectiveness of different types of intervention.

Results: Successful psychoeducational interventions for caregivers have included provision of information about AD, care planning, advice about patient management and the importance of self-care, skills training to aid patient management, stress management training, and problem-solving and decision-making guidance.

Conclusion: Interventions that are individually tailored to the caregiver are particularly effective at reducing caregiver burden and should be further investigated. The use of effective pharmacological treatment for the improvement and/or stabilisation of AD symptoms in the patient is also likely to improve caregiver burden.

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