The Environmental Skill-Building Program
The Environmental Skill-Building Program
Dr. Laura Gitlin is the Director of the Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health (CARAH) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadephia, PA. In this podcast, taped at the recent Aging in America Conference in Las Vegas, Dr. Gitlin gives a detailed presentation on the Environmental Skill-Building Program, an evidence-based intervention for caregivers of individuals with dementia that she developed as a result of participating in the multi-site REACH II Trials. Case examples showing how changes in the environment can increase the quality of life for both the caregiver and the care recipient are given.
