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Developing a Culturally-sensitive Volunteering Program to Reduce Stress of Dementia Caregivers in Chinese American Communities
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Peer Mentoring Program for Caregiver Burnout. Completed, enrolled 38 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Although many older Chinese Americans are expected to need intensive care because of cognitive impairment, a large gap exists in development of culturally sensitive interventions to reduce stress among caregivers in Chinese American communities. This research project will develop and pilot test a culturally sensitive intervention, the peer mentoring program (PMP), which is informed by the sociocultural stress and coping model. This project will generate preliminary data for a larger randomized controlled trial for efficacy or effectiveness testing of PMP, which is an innovative intervention to support dementia among Chinese Americans, by empowering the existing human resources of experiential caregivers in the same ethnic community.
Study Details
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Interventions
The Peer Mentoring Program (PMP) is a 3-month intervention to provide one-on-one mentoring support via phone calls to reduce the stress of Chinese dementia caregivers. The PMP will address the following topics: cultural beliefs about dementia and family caregiving, culturally effective coping strategies, and culturally appropriate social support.