ArticleDementia (London, England)2021
A feasibility study of the impact of a communication-skills course, 'Empowered Conversations', for care partners of people living with dementia.
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- The Effectiveness and Characteristics of Communication Partner Training Programs for Families of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.The Gerontologist · 2024Pooled it
- A feasibility randomised controlled trial of Empowered Conversations: training family carers to enhance their relationships and communication with people living with dementia.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- 'It opens up a whole new world for everybody': how carers of people with dementia view the online empowered conversations communication course.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- What works to support carers of older people and older carers? an international evidence map of interventions and outcomes.BMC geriatrics · 2024Review
- Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial of Empowered Conversations: training family carers to enhance their relationships and communication with people living with dementia.NIHR open research · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the feasibility, acceptability and impact of an experiential course for family care partners of people living with dementia, Empowered Conversations (EC). This study aimed to assess the impact of participation in an EC course on care partner stress levels, communication and mentalization (a form of relational-based empathy).
methodThis study uses an uncontrolled pre-post-follow-up design. Follow-up was at 4-months after the initial EC session where baseline data were collected. One hundred and fifty-nine care partners were recruited. EC is a training course that has been designed to improve care partner communication, well-being and relationships. It is based on an integrative framework that targets the specific psychological, relationship and communication needs of carers. This framework informs targeted strategies and interactive exercises that facilitate carers to consider the goals and emotions of those they are caring for, alongside their own goals and emotions, and to use this to maximize good communication.
resultsStress was significantly reduced across the three time points. Communication significantly improved across time. There were no significant changes in reflective functioning (mentalization). DISCUSSION: This study provides preliminary evidence that a communication-skills training course for care partners of people living with dementia is an acceptable and feasible intervention and has an impact both post-intervention and at follow-up. These findings require validation in a rigorous, randomized study.
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