Impact of Therapeutic Educational Programme on the Alzheimer's Disease Affected Patient's Quality of Life

"The intervention is a therapeutic educational programme as recommended in the care of Alzheimer's disease. It includes two consultations for the dyad AD patient/caregiver and four group sessions, one a week, for caregivers only. The intervention length is 2 months.~These collective sessions focus on :~1. Knowledge of the disease~2. Pharmacological and non pharmacological treatments. Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia~3. Crisis situations. Prevention of caregiver's exhaustion~4. Assistive devices and care pathways.~Monitoring will consist of a two consultations to 6 and 12 months including assessment of secondary outcome measures."