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Objetivos: El incremento de la población mayor ha hecho que se eleve el porcentaje de personas con demencia que requieren una atención especializada dirigida a mantener o retrasar su declive cognitivo y físico. El objetivo de esta investigación ha sido analizar si un grupo de personas con demencia mejoran cognitivamente al ser atendidos por cuidadores profesionales que han sido formados en un módulo de estimulación cognitiva del programa CUIDA-2 siguiendo los principios de la atención centrada en la persona. Metodología: La muestra estuvo formada por 47 personas con demencia (divididas en grupo tratamiento y grupo control) y 5 cuidadores formales de un centro de día de personas con demencia de Granada. El grupo tratamiento de personas mayores fue atendido durante 3 meses por cuidadores que recibieron el programa de formación. Todos los participantes fueron evaluados antes y después de la intervención con diversas pruebas de evaluación cognitiva. Resultados: Las personas con demencia que fueron atendidas por los cuidadores formados en el programa mantuvieron o mejoraron sus puntuaciones en todas las pruebas analizadas, si bien estas mejoras solo fueron significativas en diversas subescalas de los test empleados. Conclusiones: Se ha comprobado que el programa de formación de cuidadores aquí analizado produce un efecto positivo para las personas con demencia, ya que ayuda a mejorar y mantener sus funciones cognitivas. Esta investigación abre nuevas líneas de trabajo en el ámbito de la intervención cognitiva en personas con demencia que pueden ser de gran utilidad cuando se trabaje con esta población (AU)
Objectives: The increase in the elderly population has led to a rise in the percentage of people with dementia who require specialized attention aimed at maintaining or delaying their cognitive and physical decline. The aim of this research was to analyze whether a group of adults with dementia improve cognitively when being attended by professional caregivers who were trained in a cognitive stimulation module of the CUIDA-2 program following the principles of the person-centered-care model. Methodology: The sample consisted on 47 people with dementia (divided into treatment group and control group) and 5 professional caregivers of a day center for people with dementia in Granada. The older people treatment group was treated for three months by caregivers who received the training program. All participants were assessed before and after the intervention with various cognitive assessment tests. Results: People with dementia who were treated by caregivers trained in the program maintained or improved their scores in all the tests analyzed, although these improvements were only significant in various subtest. Conclusions: The caregiver training program produced a positive effect in the adults with dementia, as it helps to improve and maintain their cognitive functions. This research opens new lines of work in the field of cognitive intervention in people with dementia that can be very useful when working with this population (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Dementia/nursing , Caregivers/education , Professional Training , Cognitive Remediation/education , Cognitive Remediation/methodsABSTRACT
The objectives of the present study were to adapt a grief intervention program to family caregivers of patients with dementia, and assess its effectiveness in improving the symptoms of grief and other health-related variables. The intervention was based on Shear and Bloom's grief intervention program, with the necessary adaptations for use in the grieving process for a family member's illness. A total of 52 family caregivers of individuals with dementia participated. They were evaluated using a battery of self-report measures assessing grief, overload, resilience, post-traumatic growth, experiential avoidance, health-related quality of life, and benefits of care. The results suggest that the program is effective in improving grief symptoms, caregiver burden, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and quality of life of family caregivers. It is necessary to create and implement interventions targeting caregivers' feelings and manifestations of ambiguous grief, because there is a lack of programs providing an efficient solution for the mental and physical health of caregivers, and because of the human and socioeconomic cost involved in neglecting this group.
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The main objective of this study was to analyse the experience of grief and feelings of loss in family caregivers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as the perceived overload from taking on the primary caregiver role. Twenty family caregivers of children with ASD participated. The family members were assessed using an ad-hoc semi-structured interview that addressed the families' reactions to the diagnosis, implications for daily functioning, and concerns for the immediate and long-term future of their relatives with ASD. The results indicate that family caregivers of children with ASD endure intense and continuous sorrow and grief due to the impact that having and caring for a child with these characteristics has on all aspects of their lives. These data highlight the importance of creating support and intervention programmes and services focused on the feelings and manifestations of ambiguous grief that occur in these family members, in order to improve their well-being and quality of life and reduce caregiver role overload.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder/psychology , Caregivers/psychology , Family/psychology , Grief , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The main objective of the research has been the elaboration of a training program for formal caregivers of people with dementia in order to reduce their behavior problems and improve professional skills in the management of behavior modification techniques. Participants were 30 elderly people with dementia and five formal caregivers from a Day Care Center who were assigned to a treatment group or a control group. Older people were evaluated before and after the intervention program was carried out. The variables assessed were neuropsychiatric symptoms, memory and behavior problems, and the satisfaction of the caregivers with the training program received. The data reveal that older people in the treatment group showed a decrease in their behavioral problems compared to the control group in all variables studied. This evidence demonstrates the importance of the training of caregivers in the management of behavioral problems in the elderly population with dementia
El objetivo principal de este estudio ha sido la elaboración de un programa de formación de cuidadores formales de personas con demencia con la finalidad de disminuir sus problemas de conducta y mejorar las competencias profesionales en el manejo de técnicas de modificación de conducta. Participaron 30 personas mayores con demencia y cinco cuidadores formales de un Centro de Día que fueron asignados a un grupo tratamiento o a un grupo control. Las personas mayores fueron evaluadas antes y después de la puesta en marcha del programa de intervención. Las variables a evaluar fueron: los síntomas neuropsiquiátricos, problemas de memoria y de conducta y la satisfacción de los cuidadores con la formación recibida. Los resultados indican que las personas mayores del grupo de tratamiento manifestaron una disminución de sus problemas conductuales en comparación con el grupo control en todas las variables estudiadas. Estos datos demuestran la importancia de la formación de los cuidadores en el manejo de problemas de conducta en población anciana con demencia
