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The Savvy Caregiver Program: developing and testing a transportable dementia family caregiver training programme
- Authors:
- HEPBURN Kenneth W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(6), December 2003, pp.908-915.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reports on the development and field testing of the Savvy Caregiver Program, the transformation of a successful, academic-based caregiver psychoeducational programme into a self-contained programme that can be adopted in other locations. Program development began with a prototype of a 12-hr course with the aims of introducing family caregivers to the caregiving role, providing them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to carry out that role, and alerting them to self-care issues. Results from initial field trials dictated a substantial revision of the workshop materials. The next version was field tested in multiple sites in southern rural Minnesota, Colorado, and Alaska. In this expanded testing, participants evaluated the program, and cross-group comparisons were conducted by use of well-established caregiver well-being scales. Virtually all respondents reported increased skill, knowledge, and confidence, and all would recommend the program to others. A preintervention versus postintervention analysis indicates that caregivers' reaction to the overall behaviour of the persons for whom they provide care, their self-reported burden, and their beliefs about caregiving changed significantly in directions indicating better caregiver well-being. Results suggest that it is feasible to translate a research-based caregiver intervention into a packaged programme that can be adopted in other settings without the direct involvement of the program initiators.
The family stories workshop: stories for those who cannot remember
- Authors:
- HEPBURN Kenneth W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), December 1997, pp.827-832.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Family Stories Workshop (FSW) is a process through which family members and friends of persons with dementing disorders living in nursing homes develop stories of these residents' lives. The stories are meant to help staff members to develop a better, more deeply felt understanding of the lives of the residents, persons who can no longer tell their own stories. This article describes the FSW as well as outcomes from preliminary implementation. It suggests ways of using elements of the process to more broadly accomplish the FSW purposes.