Reducing Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Informal Caregivers: A Group and Individual Therapy Approach
Texas Tech University
Summary
The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia
Description
Aim 1: Examine the effects of two individual evidence-based therapies for informal caregivers of dementia patients. Aim 2: Examine the effects of a modified evidence-based group therapy for informal caregivers of dementia patients.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–120 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia * Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends * Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English * Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder Exclusion Criteria: * Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient) * Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.
Interventions
- BehavioralMindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Individual therapy 12 to 16 weeks
- BehavioralBehavior Activation
Individual therapy 12 to 16 weeks
Location
- Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas