"Living Together with Dementia"-A psychoeducational group programme for family caregivers.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the psychoeducational programme "Living together with dementia" applied to a group of family caregivers of people with dementia. DESIGN AND METHODS: A quasi-experimental study with pretest and posttest and a 4-month follow-up. Fifteen family caregivers of people with dementia were recruited in a community care unit in northern Portugal. RESULTS: A positive and statistically significant impact on these caregivers' burden was found. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: The programme could be an important mechanism to train family caregivers of home-dwelling people with dementia.