Table 2.

Immutable COPE Treatment Principles

1. Client-centered and client directed

– Meeting the caregiver where they are

– Working on areas of most concern to families

– Tailoring to abilities of individuals with dementia

2. Customized

– Tailoring to abilities and interests of person with dementia

– Tailoring education and strategies to caregiver readiness and identified problems

– Consideration of environmental factors

3. Culturally relevant

– Strategies fit previous/current roles, habits and beliefs

– Activities are meaningful

4. Problem solving based

– Identifying strategies and activities

– Determining what works and what does not

5. Actively engaged

–Learning through doing

6. Caregiver driven

– modify delivery of intervention protocol if needed (e.g., phone vs home visit, or spend more time on one prescription versus another; however, ALWAYS adhere to Treatment Principles