INITIAL EFFICACY OF THE SAVVY CAREGIVER PROGRAM IN KOREAN AMERICAN DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS
Yuri Jang, Kenneth Hepburn, Juyoung Park, William Haley, Miyong Kim · 2023
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Description
Yuri Jang and co-authors adapt a caregiver course for Korean American families who tend kin with dementia. Such carers in small ethnic groups miss out on proved courses when tongue and culture bar the door. Their 2023 pilot reshapes the Savvy Caregiver course and runs it for six weeks with two Korean-speaking, course-trained leads. Thirteen carers take part.
None drop out, and near all class meets are kept. Low mood scores fall for each carer by course end, a big drop by test marks. Six months on, the gain holds, with no clear slip. Paths of change vary by carer, the team notes. The pilot backs tongue-fit, culture-fit courses as a fair path to proved help.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yuri Jang, Kenneth Hepburn, Juyoung Park, William Haley, Miyong Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |