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Table 1 Timetable of the program for carers

From: Study protocol of the Going to Stay at Home program: evaluation of a residential carer training program to reduce dementia carer distress and burden

 

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Sunday

 

• Welcome and orientation

Socialising

Monday

• Combating isolation

• Medical aspects of dementia

Socialising

• Relaxation

Tuesday

• Fitness

• Communication

Socialising

• Reminiscence and reality orientation

• Assertion

Wednesday

• Re-roling

• Therapeutic use of activities

Socialising

• Nutrition

• Work simplification, organisation and safety at home

Thursday

• Nursing skills

• Planning for the future

Carers’ outing

• Using community services

Friday

• Caring for self

Carers’ choice of topic

Socialising

• Relaxation

Saturday

• Farewell