Health services research
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Health services research · Aug 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialEffects of the Medicare Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration on caregiver burden and depression.
Does improved access to community-based care reduce perceived burden and reported levels of depression among primary caregivers of people with dementia? ⋯ Both the fact that these programmatic differences did not translate into substantial treatment group reductions in caregiver burden or depression, and the consistency of these findings with those of prior case management evaluations suggest the need to reformulate this programmatic intervention into areas not previously tested: 24-hour care, crisis intervention, coordination with primary care, or chronic disease management.