family caregivers. They underwent one day
intensive training in family support and also taught
to identify family at risk. Family caregivers were
trained in groups of 8 to 15. The 6 hour curriculum
was delivered in 2 sessions, with focus on symptom
management, technical competence, medication
administration, stress reduction, depression,
managing own health and bereavement. A total of
187 caregivers were evaluated before the program
and at 4 months after training by the Caregivers
Reactions Inventory (CRI) and the Cargiver
Demand Scale (CDS). Results showed that there
was significant improvement in: health suffered
from caregiving, well informed about caregiving,
comfort in caregiving and confidence in caregiving.