SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Raybuck, J. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Raybuck, J. A.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Support groups for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease: Implications for practice and research

Jacqueline A. Raybuck, RN, MSN, CS

Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health in St. Louis, Missouri

An integrative review was conducted on the use of support groups for caregivers of and persons with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The research review was limited to published experimental or quasi-experimental studies. The studies reviewed varied according to study design, group membership, type of intervention used, duration of support group, outcome measures employed, and results. Parallels drawn from the above-mentioned areas were variable among the studies. There were no replication of studies with favorable results. Strengths and limitations were discussed. Further research on the effect of support group interventions with caregivers and persons with progressive dementia is warranted.

First, there is a need to evaluate the effect of the support group intervention on specific populations such as persons with all stages of the disease process and minority caregivers. Second, there is a need for longitudinal studies with measurement tools appropriate for the intervention. Caregivers and persons with Alzheimer's disease support groups are a rich area for future intervention and outcome studiesfor health care professionals.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 10, No. 1, 26-31 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759501000107
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?




Advertisement