title: The impact of adopting person-centred care approach for people with Alzheimer's on professional caregivers' burden: an interventional study.
abstract: This study described the impact of adopting person-centred care approach for people with Alzheimer's disease on professional caregivers' burden. The participants were subjected to a 4-week structured training programme about person-centred care. The programme's effectiveness was proven by using the Global Behavior Scale. Then a qualitative descriptive phenomenological approach was used to explore the impact of applying this programme on professional caregivers' burden. Data were collected from a sample of 10 professional caregivers using semi-structured interviews. A total of three themes were identified: acceptance of disease-related behaviours of people with Alzheimer's, therapeutic understanding of people with Alzheimer's feelings (empathy) and enhanced caregivers' adaptation to people with Alzheimer's demands (resiliency). Findings suggested that adopting person-centred care approach for people with Alzheimer's disease reduces professional caregivers' burden.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Ferial A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Hayajneh
authors.forename: Anas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shehadeh
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
keywords: Alzheimer's disease; burnout; caregivers' burden; dementia; person-centred care