In the Information Age, Do Dementia Caregivers Get the Information They Need? Semi-Structured Interviews to Determine Informal Caregivers’ Education Needs, Barriers, and Preferences

Authors

Kendra Peterson, California Pacific Medical Center
Howard Hahn, California Pacific Medical Center
Amber J. Lee, California Pacific Medical Center
Catherine A. Madison, Dartmouth College
Alireza Atri, California Pacific Medical Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-23-2016

Publication Title

BioMed Central Geriatrics

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

Most patients with dementia or cognitive impairment receive care from family members, often untrained for this challenging role. Caregivers may not access publicly available caregiving information, and caregiver education programs are not widely implemented clinically. Prior large surveys yielded broad quantitative understanding of caregiver information needs, but do not illuminate the in-depth, rich, and nuanced caregiver perspectives that can be gleaned using qualitative methodology. We aimed to understand perspectives about information sources, barriers and preferences, through semi-structured interviews with 27 caregivers. Content analysis identified important themes

DOI

10.1186/s12877-016-0338-7

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Peterson, Kendra; Hahn, Howard; Lee, Amber J.; Madison, Catherine A.; and Atri, Alireza, "In the Information Age, Do Dementia Caregivers Get the Information They Need? Semi-Structured Interviews to Determine Informal Caregivers’ Education Needs, Barriers, and Preferences" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 609.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/609