With funding from the National Institute on Aging, we have developed a web-based intervention to provide dementia caregivers with education, care management, and peer-support in an effort to increase knowledge and self-efficacy while decreasing caregiver burden and depression. The session will present results from this study, which will be completed in December 2010. The study involves 60 family caregivers using the website weekly over a four-week period. Participants are required to complete pre- and post-intervention assessments to measure knowledge, self-efficacy, burden, depression, and satisfaction with the experience.

The research findings will be of interest to direct care professionals and health educators who work with caregivers and their family members, as well as to caregivers themselves. If found effective, the website could serve as a model for future Internet-based patient and caregiver interventions.

Categories:

• Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias - (Physical Health and Aging)
• Care Management - (Physical Health and Aging)