Meeting centres support programme highly appreciated by people with dementia and carers: a European cross-country evaluation.
Dementia carers
day programs
qualitative study
social support
Journal
Aging & mental health
ISSN: 1364-6915
Titre abrégé: Aging Ment Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9705773
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2021
01 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
7
11
2019
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
6
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Meeting Centres Support Programme (MCSP) offers a combined approach to providing practical, emotional and social support to people living with mild to moderately severe dementia and their family carers in the community. A mixed methods explanatory design was used. The evaluation took place within the framework of the international Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) - MEETINGDEM study in nine Meeting Centres in Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. Eighty-seven people with dementia and 81 family carers completed a user evaluation survey after three months and 83 people with dementia and 84 carers after 6 months of participation in MCSP. Thirty-two people with dementia and 30 carers took part in focus groups after nine months. The percentage of people with dementia who were very satisfied with the programme increased significantly over time ( The MCSP is highly appreciated by people with dementia and carers in all countries and it confirms the results of previous research into MCSP in the Netherlands. Our findings indicate that MCSP is a model that can help its users to increase their capacity to deal with the challenges caused by dementia and can promote emotional balance.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The Meeting Centres Support Programme (MCSP) offers a combined approach to providing practical, emotional and social support to people living with mild to moderately severe dementia and their family carers in the community.
METHODS
A mixed methods explanatory design was used. The evaluation took place within the framework of the international Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) - MEETINGDEM study in nine Meeting Centres in Italy, Poland and the United Kingdom. Eighty-seven people with dementia and 81 family carers completed a user evaluation survey after three months and 83 people with dementia and 84 carers after 6 months of participation in MCSP. Thirty-two people with dementia and 30 carers took part in focus groups after nine months.
RESULTS
The percentage of people with dementia who were very satisfied with the programme increased significantly over time (
CONCLUSIONS
The MCSP is highly appreciated by people with dementia and carers in all countries and it confirms the results of previous research into MCSP in the Netherlands. Our findings indicate that MCSP is a model that can help its users to increase their capacity to deal with the challenges caused by dementia and can promote emotional balance.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31684754
doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1683814
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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