Themes to Include in a Psycho-Educational Programme for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia Living at Home
Keywords:
Dementia, Family caregivers, Training programmeAbstract
Introduction: In the most of the cases are the family that assumes the care to people with dementia living at home. Psychoeducational programmes aim to teach a set of behavioral and cognitive skills to these caregivers to cope with the difficulties and stress.
Objective: To identify the themes to be included in a psycho-educational programme for family caregivers of people with dementia living at home.
Methods: integrative review, focus group and Delphi study.
Results: The themes validated to integrate a psycho-educational programme were: dementia, communication and behavior, basic and instrumental activities of daily living, coping strategies and problem solving; caregiver physical and mental health and the use of health and community resources.
Conclusions: This work identified some themes that must integrate a psychoeducational programme for family caregivers of people with dementia, which can be an added value for the standardization of these interventions by health professionals.
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