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Caring Through COVID

Published:2023-05-19 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1662-9647
Container-title:GeroPsych
language:en
Short-container-title:GeroPsych

Author:

Plys Evan¹²³^ORCID,Ahmad Nina¹⁴^ORCID,Netten Allegra⁵^ORCID,Williams Kadija N.²⁶,Tyrrell Caitlin J.⁷^ORCID,Weiskittle Rachel E.⁸^ORCID,Reddin Shauna⁵,Mitchell Milann⁵,Strong Jessica V.⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

2. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

3. Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

4. Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

5. Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada

6. VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA

7. VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System, Honolulu, HI, USA

8. Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Abstract

Abstract: This multisite quality improvement (QI) project reports on a psychotherapy group for family care partners of persons living with neurodegenerative conditions. Following the plan-do-study-act model, a team of geropsychologists iteratively developed, implemented, and refined the 8-week “Caring Through COVID” psychotherapy group across five cycles from January 2021 to April 2022. Participants were 21 spouses or adult children of persons living with neurodegenerative conditions. Across two clinics, participants evidenced moderate improvements in caregiver burden ( d = .59), self-efficacy for caregiving ( d = −.64), and self-efficacy for emotion regulation ( d = −.60). The group was perceived positively by participants. This QI project demonstrates the real-world implementation of a psychotherapy group developed during the COVID-19 pandemic and refined to remain ongoing.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Gerontology

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1024/1662-9647/a000314

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