title: The Savvy Caregiver Program: impact of an evidence-based intervention on the well-being of ethnically diverse caregivers.
abstract: This article reports on the impact of the Savvy Caregiver Program (SCP) on English-speaking caregivers of Hispanic, Black/African American, and Asian/Pacific Islander descent. Caregivers completed a questionnaire prior to study enrollment, at 6 and 12 months postenrollment. Caregivers in all 3 ethnic groups showed more caregiver competence, reduced depression, greater tolerance for care recipients' memory problems, better management of their overall situation, and improved perception of that situation 6 months and 12 months post-enrollment. The study demonstrates that in the sample studied the SCP was as effective in helping ethnically diverse caregivers as it has shown to be with Caucasian caregivers.
authors.affiliation: a Institute for Change, Partners in Care Foundation , San Fernando , California , USA.
authors.forename: Zina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kally
authors.forename: Sarah D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Cote
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villarruel
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cherry
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Howland
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Lora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hepburn
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002140:California; D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005006:Ethnicity; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: African American; Alzheimer’s; Asian; Hispanic; dementia