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Meeting centers offer new eHealth interventions

In August 2020, the article was published describing the link of two new eHealth interventions to the offer of Meeting Centers. The interventions described were Dementelcoach (telephone coaching of informal carers by experts in psychogeriatric care) and the STAR e-learning course (an online course for informal carers, volunteers and professional carers on medical, functional and psychosocial consequences of dementia and how to deal with them. During the implementation, the following were of particular importance: staff and financial resources and matching the intervention to regional needs and preferences. Van Rijn A., Meiland F., & Dröes, RM. (2020) Linking two new E-health caregiver interventions to meeting centres for people with dementia and their carers; a process evaluation, Aging & Mental Health, 24:8, 1316-1325 Van Rijn A., Meiland F., & Dröes, RM. (2020) Linking two new E-health caregiver interventions to meeting centres for people with dementia and their carers; a process evaluation, Aging & Mental Health, 24:8, 1316-1325