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Dilek Kiliç; Pinar Tosun Tasar; Mine Cengiz – Health Education Research, 2024
This study was conducted to determine the effect of Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL) training given to the informal caregivers of palliative patients on burnout and caregiving burden. A single-blind, randomized, controlled, experimental study was conducted with 54 caregivers of patients admitted to a hospital palliative care unit. The…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Altruism, Caregiver Training, Caregivers
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Laura Santos; Maria do Rosário Pinheiro; Daniel Rijo – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Background: Psychological distress is highly noticeable among caregivers working in residential youth care (RYC). Maintaining and enhancing caregivers' professional mental health and quality of life is crucial to achieve effective outcomes in RYC. Nevertheless, trainings to protect caregivers' mental health are scarce. Considering the buffering…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Caregiver Training, Residential Programs, Youth Programs
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Medvedev, Oleg N.; Hwang, Yoon-Suk; Myers, Rachel E.; Townshend, Kishani – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objectives: Caring for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be gratifying as well as stressful. Professional staff employed as caregivers often report compromised mental and physical wellbeing due to the stressful nature of working with clients who exhibit aggressive and destructive behaviors.…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Quality of Life, Metacognition, Caregivers