The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people | Zendy

René J. F. Melis | Zendy; Monique I. J. van Eijken | Zendy; Theo van Achterberg | Zendy; Steven Teerenstra | Zendy; Myrra VernooijDassen | Zendy; E.H. van de Lisdonk | Zendy; Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert | Zendy

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The effect on caregiver burden of a problem-based home visiting programme for frail older people

Author(s) -

René J. F. Melis,

Monique I. J. van Eijken,

Theo van Achterberg,

Steven Teerenstra,

Myrra VernooijDassen,

E.H. van de Lisdonk,

Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp101

Subject(s) - caregiver burden , medicine , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , intervention (counseling) , activities of daily living , family caregivers , residence , cognition , family medicine , dementia , physical therapy , nursing , psychiatry , demography , disease , pathology , sociology

caregiver effects of geriatric care models focusing primarily at the patient have not been consistently studied. We studied caregiver effects of a nurse-led comprehensive geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) programme for community-dwelling frail older people that showed-in a randomised comparison with usual care--health-related quality of life benefits for the care receivers.

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