Multidisciplinary patient‐centered program implemented in a psychogeriatric unit in Brazil:Caregiver Burden Outcomes
Patricia Cardoso Buchain, Debora Pastore Bassitt, Tania Correa de Toledo Ferraz Alves · 2025
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Patricia Cardoso Buchain, Debora Pastore Bassitt, and Tania Correa de Toledo Ferraz Alves measure how a day-hospital program eases the load on people who care for elderly psychiatric patients. Caring for a relative with dementia or depression can drain a family emotionally, physically, and financially, and the strain can harm the patient too.
At a Brazilian university psychiatry institute, patients spent about two months in a program run by a team spanning medicine, nursing, psychology, therapy, nutrition, and social work. Caregivers joined education groups and individual sessions and learned routines for handling difficult behavior at home. Burden scores fell from the moderate-to-severe band into the mild-to-moderate band by discharge. The authors present the model as a practical support strategy.
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| CREATOR | Patricia Cardoso Buchain, Debora Pastore Bassitt, Tania Correa de Toledo Ferraz Alves |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |