Moreover, research on care giving stress has largely analyzed whether stress increases, decreases, or remains the same after the institutionalization of a chronically impaired loved one; few studies examine whether continued involvement and care provision influence various measures of emotional stress, family conflict, or psychological well-being following NH placement. Research on physicians' attitudes and practices (Coon et al
Methods of this research included: Key words (caregiver, career, self-help groups, support groups, education, training, skills training, counseling, psychotherapy, intervention, and therapy) were used to search published literature in English for controlled studies of interventions for CGs of people with dementia and were each combined with the search terms "random allocation" and/or "control group" and "dementia." Nonetheless (Dupuis & Norris, 1997),report that although ones understanding of specific issues faced by community-based caregivers has been expanding rapidly over the past decade, very little is known about the perceptions, activities, and experiences of familial caregivers after placement of a relative into a long-term care facility
Because men do not live as long as women, they are likely to be cared for by their wives, but widows are more likely to be cared for by an adult child, who is usually a woman (78%). Data based on all reports to the registry during 1996 suggest that, with the exception of more married people and fewer Hispanic individuals, the random sample obtained for this study was representative of the entire registry population (Toseland et al
, 1999). This paper (Wenger, Scott, & Seddon, 2002) reported findings from the careers component of the Gwynedd Dementia Study
This was totally out of character because Michael had run marathons, lectured at conventions, did volunteer work, and he had joined a book club focusing on history subjects. But when he began changing jobs a lot, Ruth just figured he was going through a phase because he had a "stubborn personality," not that anything was particularly wrong with him (Grady, 2012)
Peacock, Hopton, Featherstone & Jill (2012) address challenges that caregivers in care homes face when it comes to differentiating between dementia, delirium and depression. The situation if further complicated by the existence of an overlap between depression and delirium in older patients (Featherstone, Hopton & Siddiqi, 2010)
Dementia not only impacts the patients' but also their families, healthcare systems and the larger society. The patients are not accorded the best care mainly because the healthcare providers lack the understanding of the causes of cognitive impairment (Joosse, Palmer, & Lang, 2013)
Depression affects at least 40% of patients admitted in care homes across the UK. When people are depressed it is more likely that caregivers will overlook symptoms like withdrawal and sleepiness that are associated with delirium (Mitchell & Kakkadasam, 2011)
It has prevalence of 14.2% in care homes across the United Kingdom (Peacock, Hopton, Featherstone & Jill, 2012)
2% in care homes across the United Kingdom (Peacock, Hopton, Featherstone & Jill, 2012). It is however, absurd that with such high prevalence rates it is still under-recognized by nurses (Siddiqi, Clegg & Young, 2009)
Depression is a mood disorder that can affect persons of all ages; however, the elderly are often particularly prone to depression due to life circumstances and the biological changes that occur as result of the aging process. Slide 2: Caring for elderly patients with dementia Patients with dementia require continued monitoring given the physical and psychological problems which may manifest themselves (Joosse, Palmer, & Lang 2013)
All of the laboratory tests and brain scans can rule out other conditions that mimic AD and help support the probable diagnosis of AD (Ropper & Samuels, 2009). The brain pathology of AD consists of (Miller & Boeve, 2009): 1
There are many conditions that mimic dementia and are reversible. The average expected lifespan for a person diagnosed with early AD is about seven to eight years, but the course can last anywhere from one to twenty years (Molsa, Marttila, & Rinne, 1995; Ropper & Samuels, 2009)
AD is named after its discoverer, Alois Alzheimer, who observed the signs of AD in a 51-year-old female patient in 1901. The patient died in 1906 Alzheimer was able to examine her brain and determine the pathology associated with the disease, which he described in 1907 (Ropper & Samuels, 2009)
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for majority of dementia cases (50-60%) followed by vascular dementia (between 15-30%). Other common forms of dementia include Lewy body dementia and dementia associated with Parkinson's disease, but there are many different causes of dementia (Sadock & Sadock, 2007)
One solution receiving international attention is increased patient and caregiver exposure to art activities. The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra welcomes dementia sufferers and their professional and family caregivers once a week, as part of a program designed to compensate for the social isolation and stigma surrounding the disease (Dyett, 2014)
Hermeneutic (interpretive) phenomenology is a research philosophy that attempts to assign meaning to the experiences of participants (Lopez & Willis, 2004; Ajjawi & Higgs, 2007). Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), a founder of hermeneutic phenomenology, was primarily interested in the phenomenon of 'being' (Giogi, 2007, p
It therefore follows that research credibility depends on a qualitative researcher's competence to conduct the study. Common terms used to describe the quality of qualitative findings, and thus a researcher's competence, include credibility, transferability, and trustworthiness (Golafshani, 2003)
This track record is consistent with apparent increases in well-being experienced by dementia patients and, by extension, family and professional caregivers. More recently, a pilot program having similar goals was implemented in London, England (Gould, 2012)
Researchers have studied music as a treatment for dementia symptoms, but a recent literature review found insufficient evidence to support its clinical use (Butler & Radhakrishnan, 2014). A few researchers have likewise studied dance, but the universality of the intervention is limited primarily by the physical and psychomotor limitations common among dementia patients (Guzman-Garcia, Mukaetova-Ladinska, & James, 2013)