Pamela Durepos, Rachel MacLean, Nicole Ricketts, Sheila A Boamah, Richelle Witherspoon, Odette Gould, Janine V Olthuis, Karen Totton, Kate Tucker, Isabelle Boulay, Annie Robitaille, Catherine Aquino-Russell, Sharon Kaasalainen
OBJECTIVES: Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a relatively new type of psychotherapy effective for treating depression and anxiety amongst family care partners of persons living with dementia [PLWD]. However, care partner engagement in mental health services is low and specific guidelines for designing ACT programs for care partners of PLWD do not exist. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine patterns in care partner engagement in ACT programs to identify program factors potentially influencing engagement...
December 15, 2023: Aging & Mental Health