Browsing by Author "Pimenta, Sérgio"
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- “Living Together with Dementia”—A psychoeducational group programme for family caregiversPublication . Sousa, Lia; Sequeira, Carlos; Ferré‐Grau, Carme; Costa, Rita; Pimenta, Sérgio; Silva, Susana; Graça, LuísPurpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of the psychoeducational programme “Living together with dementia” applied to a group of family caregivers of people with dementia. Design and Methods: A quasi‐experimental study with pretest and posttest and a 4‐month follow‐up. Fifteen family caregivers of people with dementia were recruited in a community care unit in northern Portugal. Results: A positive and statistically significant impact on these caregivers' burden was found. Practice Implications: The programme could be an important mechanism to train family caregivers of home‐dwelling people with dementia.