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A Multi-Component Education, Skill, And Resource Evidence-Based Practice Intervention For The Alzheimer’S Caregiver, Cheryl Garmon
A Multi-Component Education, Skill, And Resource Evidence-Based Practice Intervention For The Alzheimer’S Caregiver, Cheryl Garmon
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Abstract
Dementia caregiving is expensive, stressful, and consumes all facets of the caregiver’s (CGs) life. The purpose of this project is to introduce the evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions most helpful in decreasing stress and burden in those who are in-home caregivers for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) individuals.
The three primary intervention domains of the EBP studies that results in a positive impact are; providing education about the terminal course of the disease, introducing communication and caregiving skills, and furnishing resource and social network information.
The methodology included a convenient and voluntary population of CGs who sought service at …