Aging & mental health
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Aging & mental health · Feb 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialDementia caregivers' coping with pre-death grief: effects of a CBT-based intervention.
Pre-death grief plays a significant role in dementia caregiving, and has adverse impacts on caregivers. It was the purpose of the present study to examine whether a cognitive-behavioral intervention including a grief intervention module could increase caregivers' coping with pre-death grief and whether these effects could be maintained as of a six-month follow-up assessment. ⋯ Results indicate that a cognitive-behavioral intervention including grief-specific strategies can successfully foster caregivers' coping with loss and reduce burden of pre-death grief.