title: A Home-Based Intervention's Impact on Caregiver Burden for Veterans With Dependence Performing Activities of Daily Living: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
abstract: The Veterans Health Administration offers multiple programs to support veteran's caregivers. This study examines one such program, modeled after the national VHA Home Based Primary Care Program (HBPC). A retrospective secondary data analysis was conducted on the VHA GAP program, examining the impact on reducing caregiver burden. Findings from examination of 48 veteran/caregiver dyads indicated the program had a clinically and statistically significant impact on decreasing caregiver role strain. These findings were compared to the national evidence-based HBPC program, finding no significant differences in decrease of caregiver burden between the recipients of the GAP program and the national HBPC programs.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Veterans Affairs , Home Based Primary Care, The Villages Outpatient Clinic , The Villages , Florida , USA.
authors.forename: Colleen L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Magaly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Freytes
authors.forename: Nannette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D058014:Veterans Health
keywords: caregiver; caregiver burden; dependence performing activities of daily living; veterans