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ArticleInnovation in aging2025

Life Review Intervention Delivered by Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia Improves Depression: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Christina E Miyawaki, Angela McClellan, Erin D Bouldin, Cheryl Brohard, Mark E Kunik

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Article in Innovation in aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Christina E MiyawakiGraduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1234-1588
Angela McClellanGraduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0964-4932
Erin D BouldinInformatics, Decision-Enhancement and Analytic Sciences Center of Innovation, Health Systems Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7550-309X
Cheryl BrohardCollege of Nursing, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-5926
Mark E KunikVeterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7349-5521

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The prevalence of depression in people living with dementia is 40% in the United States. However, since pharmacological treatments tend to produce undesirable side effects, we developed a nonpharmacological, innovative depression intervention, Research Design and Methods: This 8-week pre- and postintervention study used a mixed-methods design with 45 caregiver-people living with dementia dyads ( Results: Caregivers were 58 years old on average, married, college-educated, working, female, and in good/excellent health while people living with dementia were on average 81 years old, widowed, retired, female, and in poor/fair health. Their depressive symptoms significantly improved after intervention ( Discussion and Implications: Training family caregivers to conduct life reviews may be an acceptable and cost-effective way to improve depressive symptoms among people living with dementia while improving caregiver experiences. C-PLR seems to be an easy and convenient depression intervention for people living with dementia in terms of delivery method, delivery setting, delivery schedule, and delivery cost, and thus, has the potential to reach a wide range of participants.

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DementiasDepressive symptomsTraining

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PMID40600023
PMCPMC12210948

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