The Unforgettables: a chorus for people with dementia with their family members and friends.

Our experience evaluating a museum program for people with dementia together with their family members demonstrated benefits for all participants. We hypothesized that participation in a chorus would also have positive effects, giving them an opportunity to share a stimulating and social activity that could improve their quality of life. We inaugurated a chorus for people with dementia and their family caregivers in 2011, which rehearses and performs regularly.

The process of family-centered counseling for caregivers of persons with dementia: barriers, facilitators and benefits.

Background: Despite the high consistency of evidence in favor of person-centered care, little information is available on how person-centered and family-centered interventions are actually provided. The aim of this study is to gain insight into the provision of the effective New York University Caregiver Intervention (NYUCI) in order to enhance its implementation.

Methods: This is a qualitative study using a grounded theory approach.

A three-country randomized controlled trial of a psychosocial intervention for caregivers combined with pharmacological treatment for patients with Alzheimer disease: effects on caregiver depression.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a combination of cholinesterase inhibitor therapy for patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and psychosocial intervention, for their spouse caregivers compared with drug treatment alone in three countries simultaneously.

Design: Randomized controlled trial. Structured questionnaires were administered at baseline and at regular follow-up intervals for 24 months by independent raters blind to group assignment.