The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomised controlled trial

Orrell, Martin; Yates, Lauren; Leung, Phuong; Kang, Sujin; Hoare, Zoe; Whitaker, Chris; Burns, Alistair; Knapp, Martin

; Leroi, Iracema; Moniz-Cook, Esme; +8 more...Pearson, Stephen; Simpson, Stephen; Spector, Aimee; Roberts, Steven; Russell, Ian; de Waal, Hugo; Woods, Robert T.; and Orgeta, Vasiliki (2017) The impact of individual Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (iCST) on cognition, quality of life, caregiver health, and family relationships in dementia: a randomised controlled trial PLoS Medicine, 14 (3). pp. 1-22. ISSN 1549-1277

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Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a well-established group psychosocial intervention for people with dementia. There is evidence that home-based programmes of cognitive stimulation delivered by family caregivers may benefit both the person and the caregiver. However, no previous studies have evaluated caregiver-delivered CST. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based, caregiver-led individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) program in (i) improving cognition and quality of life (QoL) for the person with dementia and (ii) mental and physical health (well-being) for the caregiver.

Item Type	Article
Departments	Social Policy Care Policy and Evaluation Centre
DOI	10.1371/journal.pmed.1002269
Date Deposited	03 Apr 2017 13:47
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72154