Meeting centres support programme highly appreciated by people with dementia and carers: a European cross-country evaluation

Abstract

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Costs and cost‐effectiveness of the meeting centres support programme for people living with dementia and carers in Italy, Poland and the UK: The MEETINGDEM study

“…Carers' sense of competence did not significantly differ between MCSP and UC groups, while costs were higher. Perhaps the SSCQ was not sufficiently sensitive to the benefits produced by the intervention; carer satisfaction was high (Szcześniak et al, 2021). It may be that only certain aspects of carers' sense of competence improved in response to the practical, emotional and social support (or respite time for the carer) provided by MCs.…”

“…Centres for people with dementia in the space of a year or less. The project team evaluated the impact of MCSP from multiple perspectives (implementation, user satisfaction, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness (Brooker et al, 2018;Evans et al, 2020;Mangiaracina et al, 2017;Szcześniak et al, 2021;Van Mierlo et al, 2018) a ICER: the cost of achieving a QALY gain.…”

“…Planners and commissioners should consider all the evidence from the MEETINGDEM study, including effects on other outcomes for people with dementia and carers, user satisfaction and other qualitative and quantitative outcomes not considered in this paper (Brooker et al, 2018;Evans et al, 2020;Szcześniak et al, 2021). The context in which MCs operate is important.…”

Evaluation of the implementation of the Meeting Centres Support Program in Italy, Poland, and the UK; exploration of the effects on people with dementia

“…Within each participating country, a national project team conducted a standardised implementation study and assessed the impacts on people living with dementia and their family carers to ascertain if the results were comparable with those found in the Netherlands. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the support provided . In this paper, we focus on the impact of MCSP on social, behavioural, and emotional functioning of people living with dementia.…”

Interventions to support family caregivers of people with advanced dementia at the end of life in nursing homes: A mixed-methods systematic review

“…86 Similarly, findings from an European cross-country evaluation of a meeting centers support programme highlighted that peer support can help to increase the capacity to deal with the challenges caused by dementia and can promote emotional balance. 87 Those family caregivers who were most satisfied with the discussion groups offered in such programme, had experienced strong emotional support. 87 It may be postulated that family caregivers find comfort and support with each other in sharing and discussing matters related to the emotional impact of dementia.…”