affect, stress en self-efficacy communication skills mood
Conditions
Interventions
The main objective of the Dutch intervention is to anticipate future problems.
It is intended that the person with dementia and the caregiver learn to
communicate about the future, their health and
Sponsors
Trimbos-instituut
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - The caregiver is responsible for the person with dementia, is well aware of the life of the person with dementia and is able to notice changes in this person. - The caregiver and person with dementia do not live far away from eachother and they have a close relationship, the caregiver provides care at least an hour a day. - The diagnosis dementia has been established (all types except frontotemporal dementia) * The score on the MMSE is equal to, or greater than 18 - The client couple has some insight into the disease and is willing to talk about dementia and its consequences - The client is open to psychosocial counseling - The client pair has a firm grasp of the Dutch language - The client has or will have a casemanager
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - The caregiver receives treatment for depression or anxiety, the nurse of the Alzheimer center will judge if this is the case - The person with dementia has Frontotemporal Dementia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effect evaluation: person with dementia: affect, stress, self-esteem caregiver: depressive complaints, stress, self-efficacy dyadic communication Proces evaluation: - appreciation of the intervention by persons with dementia and their caregivers - appreciation of the intervention by case managers - fit of the intervetion to the needs of te participants - feasibility of the intervention - extent to which casemanagers are equipped to apply the intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life of person with dementia | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed