What is "Empowering Community Caregivers"?

 Abstract

The purpose of this doctoral residency program was to investigate the impact of a five-week Occupational Therapy based multimodal telehealth program, incorporating group therapy and individual therapy, on caregivers of persons with dementia dimensions of wellness. The Wellness Inventory was utilized as a pre and post-test measure, and the Model 8 dimensions of Wellness were employed throughout the program (Swarbrick, 2022). All of the clients (n=9) made improvements in their dimensions of Wellness,  presented in terms of the most improved dimension areas: Occupational Wellness, Emotional Wellness, Social Wellness, Physical Wellness, Spiritual Wellness, Financial Wellness, Intellectual Wellness, and Environmental Wellness.