Evaluation of the feasibility of a RCT of Empowered Conversations: a training to enhance relationships and communication between family carers and people living with dementia

'It opens up a whole new world for everybody': how carers of people with dementia view the online empowered conversations communication course. (2024)
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Eastham, C., Prior, Y., Keady, J., Mansell, W., Riley, C., Walters, M., & Morris, L. (2024). 'It opens up a whole new world for everybody': how carers of people with dementia view the online empowered conversations communication course. Aging & mental health, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2410258

This paper explores (1) experiences of participating in Empowered Conversations, an online communication course for carers of people with dementia and (2) how participants felt the course had changed their experience of caring. Fifteen semi-structure... Read More about 'It opens up a whole new world for everybody': how carers of people with dementia view the online empowered conversations communication course..

Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial of Empowered Conversations: training family carers to enhance their relationships and communication with people living with dementia. (2023)
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Communication difficulties can cause frustration, low mood, and stress for people living with dementia and their carer. Carers should be offered training on adapting their communication skills. However, it is not common for skills-based education to... Read More about Protocol of a feasibility randomised controlled trial of Empowered Conversations: training family carers to enhance their relationships and communication with people living with dementia..