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- The PLUS Nursing Intervention focuses on supporting caregivers of elderly individuals with depression, enhancing their resources and skills while managing stress and illness.
- During a pilot test, 13 families participated in the PLUS group while 12 families were in a standard home care control group, with no major differences in outcomes between the two.
- However, caregivers in the PLUS group showed more significant improvements when their patients had functional gains, indicating that better patient functioning may be a stronger predictor of long-term caregiver well-being than psychiatric symptoms.
Article Abstract
The PLUS Nursing Intervention, which is aimed at caregivers of elderly persons with depression and designed to increase caregiver personal resources, respond to caregiver learning/skill development needs, address caregiver unanticipated needs, and assist with caregiver stress/illness management, was pilot tested for efficacy. Thirteen families were assigned to the PLUS group and 12 families to the standard home care control group. There were no significant outcome differences between the two groups. However, caregivers who received the PLUS intervention made significantly more improvements over Standard Home Care caregivers when patients made functional improvements. Findings suggest that patient functioning might be a better predictor of long-term caregiver outcomes than psychiatric symptoms.
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