Satisfaction With a Family-Focused Intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment Dyads

• Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 334 - 344
• Main Authors: Lu, Yvonne Yueh-Feng, Ellis, Jennifer, Yang, Ziyi, Weaver, Michael T., Bakas, Tamilyn, Austrom, Mary Guerriero, Haase, Joan E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; Caregivers - statistics & numerical data; Cognitive ability; Cognitive Dysfunction - therapy; Cognitive impairment; Consent; Content analysis; Dementia; dyad; family caregivers; Family Therapy; Female; Geriatrics; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Intervention; Male; meaningful activities; Medicine; Nurse led services; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing schools; Older people; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Pilot Projects; Problem solving; Quality of life; satisfaction; Studies; tailored intervention; Usefulness; Indiana; United States > US; Indianapolis Indiana; meaningful activities; family caregivers; satisfaction; tailored intervention; dyad; Cognitive impairment

Purpose This article describes satisfaction that persons with mild cognitive impairment (PwMCI) and their caregivers had with the Daily Enhancement of Meaningful Activity (DEMA) intervention. Methods This randomized controlled pilot study compared satisfaction (usefulness, ease of use, and acceptabi...