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- Dementia caregivers continue to feel the emotional toll of their role even after placing loved ones in long-term care, often facing chronic grief.
- The Chronic Grief Management Intervention (CGMI) is a 12-week program designed to educate and support caregivers in managing their grief, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
- A study with 83 caregivers showed that those who participated in the CGMI experienced significant improvements in their feelings of sadness and guilt over time.
Article Abstract
Dementia caregivers do not relinquish their role after placing family members in long-term care and they experience increased chronic grief. The Chronic Grief Management Intervention (CGMI) is a12-week group-based program that uses guided discussion to deliver knowledge of Alzheimer's or a related dementia and teach skills in communication, conflict resolution, and chronic grief management in dementia caregivers who placed their family members in long-term care. Using a quasi-experimental design, 83 caregivers from 15 long-term care facilities received either the CGMI (n = 34) or a comparison condition consisting of two check-in calls (n = 49). In this pilot study, we examined the feasibility of implementing the CGMI and evaluated the effects of the intervention on caregivers' knowledge and skill and their chronic grief and depression. The intervention was feasible and resulted in significant improvement in caregivers' heartfelt sadness and longing at 3 months and a significant drop in their guilt at the 6-month follow-up.
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