| Benefit-finding | Psychoeducation | Simplified psychoeducation |
---|---|---|---|
Session 1 (week 1) | 1. Review home-based activities for CR with illustration | 1. Review home-based activities for CR with illustration | 1. Review home-based activities for CR |
 | 2. Revise and practice positive reappraisal; mutual sharing of benefits | 2. Relaxation exercise | 2. Revise relaxation instructions without practice |
 | 3. Review progress in meeting goals set one year earlier |  |  |
 | 4. Relaxation exercise |  |  |
Session 2 (week 2) | 1. Revise knowledge of severe AD, including end stage | 1. Revise knowledge of severe AD, including end stage | 1. Revise knowledge of severe AD, including end stage |
 | 2. Anticipatory grief | 2. Anticipatory grief | 2. Anticipatory grief |
 | 3. Advanced medical directive | 3. Advanced medical directive | 3. Advanced medical directive |
 | 4. Community resources, for example, palliative care | 4. Community resources, for example, palliative care | 4. Community resources, for example, palliative care |
 | 5. Set goals to achieve prior to CR death | 5. Relaxation exercise |  |
 | 6. Relaxation exercise |  |  |
Session 3 (week 3) | 1. Review other knowledge of dementia, stress management, ADL care skills, and BPSD management | 1. Review other knowledge of dementia, stress management, ADL care skills, and BPSD management | 1. Review other knowledge of dementia, stress management, ADL care skills, and BPSD management |
 | 2. Revisit the importance of timetabling and activity planning with exercise and discussions to reinforce application | 2. Revisit the importance of timetabling and activity planning with exercise and discussions to reinforce application | 2. Revisit the importance of timetabling and activity planning without exercise and discussion |
 | 3. Practice positive reappraisal; mutual sharing of benefits | 3. Relaxation exercise |  |
 | 4. Relaxation exercise |  |  |
Session 4 (week 4) | 1. More on community resources | 1. More on community resources | 1. More on community resources |
 | 2. Remember activities with CR and relationship with him/her - construct positive meanings through photo narrative | 2. Remember activities with CR and relationship with him/her through photo narrative | 2. Introduce photo narrative |
 | 3. Practice positive reappraisal; mutual sharing of benefits | 3. Relaxation exercise |  |
 | 4. Relaxation exercise |  |  |