Training - Family caregivers

Several training packages and information leaflets were developed for family caregivers during the Chair’s 2000–2015 program. 

They are presently offered by L’Appui pour les proches aidants and information about those program are available on this web page Appui.org .

In addition, here are some relevant references:

• Ducharme, F. (2006). Famille et soins aux personnes âgées. Enjeux, défis et stratégies. Montréal: Chenelière Éducation. 210 pages. https://umontreal.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1006879519
• Ducharme, F. (2014). Psycho-educational interventions for family caregivers of seniors across their life trajectory: An evidence-based research program to inform clinical practice. Advances in Geriatrics. Open access Journal  https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/316203

• Ducharme, F., Lévesque, L., Caron, C. Hanson, E., Magnusson, L., Nolan, J., & Nolan, M. (2009). Validation transculturelle d’un outil d’évaluation des besoins de soutien des proches-aidants de personnes âgées à domicile. Recherches en soins infirmiers (97), 63-73. https://doi.org/10.3917/rsi.097.0063

• Lévesque, L., Ducharme, F., Caron, C. (2010). L’ESPA… pour mieux soutenir les aidants. Perspective infirmière, 7 (4), 42-46.