Improving Mental Health for Care Partners of Persons With AD/ADRD

Reducing Pre-Death Grief, Burden, and Stress in Informal Caregivers: A Group and Individual Therapy Approach

The overarching goal of this project is to evaluate if evidence-based interventions can reduce PDG, burden, and stress in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia

Aim 1: Examine the effects of two individual evidence-based therapies for informal caregivers of dementia patients.

Aim 2: Examine the effects of a modified evidence-based group therapy for informal caregivers of dementia patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be informal caregivers (e.g., spouse; child; close friend) of individuals with dementia
• Informal caregivers can be family members or close friends
• Adults (18 to 89 years old) who read, write, and speak in English
• Mental Health Diagnosis (e.g., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Major Depressive Disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

• Formal caregivers (who are being paid to take care of the patient)
• Any informal caregivers with cognitive impairment is identified during the assessment.