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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2011 Oct;51(5):704-13.
doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr047. Epub 2011 May 17.

The impact of TCARE® on service recommendation, use, and caregiver well-being

Jung Kwak  1 , Rhonda J V Montgomery, Karl Kosloski, Josh Lang
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Randomized Controlled Trial

The impact of TCARE® on service recommendation, use, and caregiver well-being

Jung Kwak et al. Gerontologist. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose of the study: Findings are reported from a study that examined the effects of the Tailored Caregiver Assessment and Referral (TCARE®) protocol, a care management process designed to help family caregivers, on care planning and caregiver outcomes.

Design and methods: A longitudinal, randomized controlled trial was conducted with 97 caregivers enrolled in a demonstration project in Georgia. Data included on care plans pertaining to service recommendations, compliance, and use were reviewed. Caregiver identity discrepancy, objective burden, relationship burden, stress burden, and depressive symptoms were assessed up to 4 times during a 9-month observation period. Chi-square tests, independent samples t tests, random effects regression growth curve analysis, and random intercept regression analysis were conducted.

Results: A greater variety of services were recommended to and used by caregivers in the intervention group than in the control group. Caregivers in the intervention group had lower caregiver identity discrepancy, stress burden, and depressive symptoms over time than caregivers in the control group.

Implications: Study findings provide initial support for the merits of the TCARE® protocol as a process that can be used to effectively target services to individual caregivers' needs.

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Six-step TCARE® process.
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