A Multicomponent Home-Based Intervention for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia and Caregivers' Burden and Depression: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study.

Antonios A MougiasFoteini ChristidiDionysia KontaxopoulouMariyanna ZervouDimitra KostoglouMaria Anna VlamiMaria DimitriouAntonis Politis

Published in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2021)

Despite the progressive course of dementia, the home-based multicomponent intervention was effective in decreasing caregivers' burden and depression and minimizing care-recipients' neuropsychiatric symptoms' severity and associated distress after 6 months. Our study highlights the establishment of home-based care units as an advantageous solution, specifically for family members seen to have a "taken-for-granted" role in dementia caring.

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