Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of Day Care (DC) on older subjects with dementia and their caregivers. METHODS: Thirty patients with dementia, consecutively admitted to a DC, were compared with 30 patients, matched for age and cognitive function, who received usual home care (HC). Primary caregivers were compared as well. At baseline and after 2 months, patients were assessed for cognitive and functional status, behavioral and psychological symptoms [Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)] and psychotropic drugs use, and caregivers were evaluated for care burden [Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI)] and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, NPI score significantly decreased in DC group, with a reduction of psychotropic drugs prescription, whereas it increased in HC. No significant between-group difference was observed for cognitive and functional change. CBI significantly decreased in DC, but not HC, caregivers, with no significant between-group difference in depressive symptoms change. CONCLUSIONS: A 2-month period of DC assistance is effective in reducing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia patients and in alleviating caregivers' burden.

Day Care for older dementia patients: favorable effects on behavioral and psychological symptoms and caregiver stress / E. MOSSELLO; V. CALERI; E. RAZZI; M. DI BARI; C. CANTINI; E. TONON; E. LOPILATO; M. MARINI; D. SIMONI; MC. CAVALLINI; N. MARCHIONNI; CA. BIAGINI; G. MASOTTI. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0885-6230. - STAMPA. - 23:(2008), pp. 1066-1072.

Day Care for older dementia patients: favorable effects on behavioral and psychological symptoms and caregiver stress.

MOSSELLO, ENRICO;CALERI, VERONICA;DI BARI, MAURO;MARINI, MONICA;SIMONI, DAVID;CAVALLINI, MARIA CHIARA;MARCHIONNI, NICCOLO';MASOTTI, GIULIO
2008

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Abstract OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of Day Care (DC) on older subjects with dementia and their caregivers. METHODS: Thirty patients with dementia, consecutively admitted to a DC, were compared with 30 patients, matched for age and cognitive function, who received usual home care (HC). Primary caregivers were compared as well. At baseline and after 2 months, patients were assessed for cognitive and functional status, behavioral and psychological symptoms [Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)] and psychotropic drugs use, and caregivers were evaluated for care burden [Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI)] and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: After adjusting for potential confounders, NPI score significantly decreased in DC group, with a reduction of psychotropic drugs prescription, whereas it increased in HC. No significant between-group difference was observed for cognitive and functional change. CBI significantly decreased in DC, but not HC, caregivers, with no significant between-group difference in depressive symptoms change. CONCLUSIONS: A 2-month period of DC assistance is effective in reducing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia patients and in alleviating caregivers' burden.
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E. MOSSELLO; V. CALERI; E. RAZZI; M. DI BARI; C. CANTINI; E. TONON; E. LOPILATO; M. MARINI; D. SIMONI; MC. CAVALLINI; N. MARCHIONNI; CA. BIAGINI; G. M...espandi
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