This study will assess the impact of the Dementia Carer Education Programme on the caregiving burden of informal dementia carers. Ninety informal dementia carers along with their care-recipients will be recruited and randomised to the experimental and control groups. All recruited dementia carers in the experimental group will receive the Dementia Carer Education Programme and the control group will receive usual carer support, both including one face-to-face education session and four follow-up sessions over 7 weeks. Caregiving burden will be assessed after receiving the programme. Statistical analysis of caregiving burden will follow the intention-to-treat principle, employing paired t-tests and linear modelling.
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Zarit Burden Inventory
Timeframe: From enrollment to the end of program at 7 weeks