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Objective. To evaluate the impact of a dementia Carer Education Programme on carer quality of life (QoL), burden, and well-being. Design. Single group before±after intervention study. The group was subdivided by perceived status postprogramme for intragroup analysis. Setting. Hospital memory clinic. Participants. Convenience sample of 32 dementia carers. Intervention. Eight weekly 2 h education and support sessions run by a psychogeriatric clinical team. Measures. Pre-programme and 6 months post-programme data were obtained. Measures included individually perceived QoL, burden, well-being, managing problem behaviour, appraisal of social support, knowledge of dementia, and perception of the programme. Patients were characterized in terms of cognition, behaviour disturbance and functional status. Results. Twelve carers reported their situation post-programme as `better', 12 as `worse', and four as `no change'. There were no signi®cant baseline dierences. For `better/no change' carers the only signi®cant change over time was increased knowledge about dementia. For `worse' carers knowledge also increased, but there was evidence of poorer QoL, increased burden, a poorer appraisal of soc

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Author

Robert F. Coen; Ciaran A. O'Boyle; D. Coakley; Brian A. Lawlor

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)