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Caregiver Burden and Psychoeducational Interventions in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review

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Beinart, N., Weinman, J., Wade, D., Brady, R.·2012·Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra

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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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  • Prior research has shown that avoidant coping, such as thought suppression, is associated with negative outcomes in dementia caregivers.

    “This is imperative as prior research has shown that avoidant coping, such as thought suppression, is associated with negative outcomes in dementia caregivers (Beinart, Weinman, Wade, & Brady, 2012;Li et al., 2012).”

    From Supported Web-Based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Older Family Caregivers (CareACT) Compared to Usual Care. (2022) · cites this paper as Beinart, Weinman, Wade, & Brady, 2012

    The Results section (Factors Contributing to Caregiver Burden; page unavailable) reports greater burden among caregivers using wishful thinking and stoicism than among those confronting problems or seeking support. This supports the broader association between coping style and negative outcomes, but the paper does not identify thought suppression specifically. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Beinart, N., Weinman, J., Wade, D., & Brady, R.
Affiliations
King's College London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Beinart, N.
  • Wade, D.
  • Brady, R.
Venue
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Publisher
S. Karger AG
Published
2012-12-15
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
638-648
ISSN
1664-5464 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2055817029
Cited by
124
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Novartis Pharma
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
Keywords
caregiver burden, Alzheimer's disease, psychoeducational intervention, caregiver support, stress management training, care planning, self-care, problem solving and decision making, personalized interventions

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