Long-Term Outcomes of the Benefit-Finding Group Intervention for Alzheimer Family Caregivers: A Cluster-Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial

Families caring for an aging population has become a “public health concern,”1 while dementia (a.k.a. neurocognitive disorder) caregivers tend to face more challenges and to suffer more than those who care for relatives with chronic illnesses but without dementia.2 Dealing with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) is often the most stressful aspect of caregiving, among which disruptive behaviors (e.g., agitation, disinhibition, aberrent motor behavior, and aggression) are most distressing and challenging because of the potential harm to the caregiver's bonding with the care-recipient (CR) and partly because they exacerbat e difficulties in other domains (e.g., caring for activities of daily living [ADL]).

Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - March 24, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sheung-Tak Cheng, Wai Chi Chan, Linda C.W. Lam Tags: Regular Research Article Source Type: research