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Background: No one is prepared for a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, either the person diagnosed or the caregiver. In order to cope with the disease and support their loved ones, caregivers express numerous needs for training and support. But what are these needs at each stage of the disease? Method: As part of an action‐research project, 8 focus groups and 28 individual interviews held on the Zoom platform were used to collect the training and support needs of caregivers of seniors living with Alzheimer's disease in the province of Quebec, Canada. A content analysis inspired by the approach proposed by Miles and Huberman was conducted. Result: A total of 52 caregivers, aged between 33 and 85 years old (mean = 61,88; SD = 12,42), identified training and support needs: a) surrounding the diagnosis; b) during the assistance of the loved one at home, with and without cohabitation; c) during accommodation in a long‐term care facility and; d) following the death of the person being cared for. Conclusion: Caregivers have training and support needs that evolve according to the trajectory of their loved one's Alzheimer's disease. Interventions tailored and personalized to their pathway are necessary to support them in this long trajectory of caregiving. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Carers of a person who is living with dementia in long‐term care experience transitions which can challenge their mental health. My Tools for Care‐In Care (MT4C‐In Care) is an online psychoeducational intervention that aims to offer informational, appraisal, and emotional support to assist carers to adapt to the transitions they experience. This presentation will report on the impact of using MT4C‐In Care on carer outcomes including mental health quality of life (primary outcome), and secondary outcomes of social support, hope, self‐efficacy, grief and loneliness. Method: In a single blinded pragmatic randomized control trial, 234 Canadians participated from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario between February 2020 and October 2021. Carers were eligible if they were ≥18 years of age, had an email address and internet access, and provided physical, emotional or financial care to an adult ≥65 years of age who was living with dementia in a long‐term care home. The intervention group received access to MT4C‐In Care for 2 months; the educational control group received an Alzheimer Society information booklet. Outcomes were assessed using valid and reliable scales at baseline, 2 months and 4 months in telephone interviews. Generalized estimating equations were used to compare changes in the outcomes over time in the treatment and control groups, adjusting for clinically important covariates of gender, age, heart disease, caregiver relationship (spouse vs. non‐spouse) and outcome variables measured at baseline. Result: The primary outcome, mental health quality of life (p = 0.035), improved in both groups over time, along with hope (p = 0.041) and grief (physical distress, p = 0.068). Comparing change in the intervention to the control group, treatment benefit was observed for secondary outcomes of grief (existential concerns; p = 0.095) and social support (total score p = 0.049 and family subscale p = 0.065), but not for the primary outcome of mental health quality of life (p = 0.93). Conclusion: MT4C‐In Care demonstrates benefits for carers in terms of both the primary outcome (mental health quality of life), and secondary outcomes. In comparison to an active educational control group, MT4C‐In Care lessens grief and promotes social support, helping to explain how this intervention promotes carers' mental health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]