The effectiveness of three group intervention strategies to support family caregivers.
Participants in two types of professionally-led groups and one peer-led group reported significant changes in personal problems related to caregiving as compared to controls. No significant changes were found on measures of psychological status and caregiving burden.
Toseland
R W
RW
School of Social Welfare, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York, Albany.
Rossiter
C M
CM
Labrecque
M S
MS
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D011340:Problem Solving; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support