Effect of Mental Health Promotion Intervention on Well-Being of Formal Caregivers of Patients with Dementia

Abstract

The study aim of to find out the outcome of the mental health promotion intervention program in formal caregivers of patients with Dementia. For this investigation The Connor-Davidson Resilience scale, Brief Cope Inventory, and Wellbeing of the caregiver were used. 18 Formal caregivers of patients with Dementia who belong to 20-35 years of age were selected from different residential care units of Bangalore through purposive sampling and questionnaires were administered after seeking the informed consent. The analysis says that the mean score of ADL in the current study has shown an increase from 72.22 to 84.17. This is an indication that mental promotive intervention program has enabled the formal caregivers to pay more attention to their ADL. This also explains improved well being as ADL is also part of the individuals well being. During the course of the intervention the subjects had mentioned that there is a lack of familial support when they try to put in the effort to change certain things or even in terms of fun activities that would incur financial loss.