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Breakaway: A social supplement to caregivers' support groups

Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado (deceased)

Sholom Pearlman, DDS, MS

University of Colorado School of Dentistry, Denver, Colorado

The objective of the Breakaway program is to thwart negative influences of social isolation in caregivers by involving them with peers who share similar burdens. A simple developmental model brings informal groups together monthly for dinners, cultural entertainment, excursions, and other convivial diversions in the empathetic company of others with similar emotional and social pressures. Breakaway is designed to supplement the clinical and emotional assistance provided by the usual support groups. Resultant improvements in interest,joie de vivre, demeanor, personal esteem, depression, and other aspects of social isolation have been observed.

The Breakaway program may be of significant benefit-to participating caregivers who seek relief from the social isolation and other psychosocial burdens associated with constantly caring for the homebound or chronically ill.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 14, No. 2, 120-124 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400206


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