Education and Training

Building Better Caregivers: Development and Evaluation

The program consists of a 6-week small-group workshop for caregivers of people with memory problems.

The goal of the study is to evaluate in a one year longitudinal study, program effectiveness in reducing caregiver stress, depression, fatigue, burden, days lost from work and improving sleep, healthful behaviors and self-efficacy

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • behavioral: Building Better Caregivers Small-group Workshop

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Family or friend caregiver of someone with cognitive impairment for at least 10 hours
   per week

   - 18 years of age or older

   - Able to attend a workshop 2.5 hours per week for 6 weeks

   - Speaks English

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Professional caregiver

   - Under 18 years of age

   - Non-English speaking

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Not Recruiting