A Profile of Paid Caregivers who Assist Older Adults with Dementia: A Descriptive Study.
| Autor: | Dimakopoulou, Eleni, Vamvakari, Eirini, Sakka, Paraskevi |
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RESEARCH methodology CROSS-sectional method HOME health aides BURDEN of care MEDICAL personnel PSYCHOLOGICAL tests PATIENTS' families T-test (Statistics) DEMENTIA PSYCHOSOCIAL factors WAGES MENTAL depression DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHI-squared test DATA analysis software STATISTICAL correlation OLD age |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Caring Sciences; Sep-Dec2020, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p1582-1588, 7p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: family caregivers' burden and psychological symptoms have been widely investigated but little is known how these affect paid caregivers (PCs) of people with dementia. The primary aim of the study was to describe the PCs socio-demographic characteristics and to measure their burden as well as their knowledge about dementia. Methods: the Greek version of the Center Epidemiological studies Depression Scale (Ces-D), the Zurit Burden Interview and the Alzheimer 's disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) were self administered. Socio- demographic characteristics (age, gender, education etc), caregiving details, income, health care insurance and relationship with care recipient family were collected for all paid caregivers. Results: All paid caregivers (n=28) were females. Correlation between ZBI and ADKS (r=0.48, p=0.013) was found. The majority of PCs were middle to old-aged women, married and came from eastern European countries. They work and offer care as live-in caregivers, spending a 24hours care/day and their income is below average salary (351-700€/month).Our PCs suffer from mild depressive symptoms (CES-D: 12.18±8.18) and low burden (ZBI: 20.37± 13.52).Based on the results of our study 78.6% of the PCs had some kind of training in dementia. Conclusions: a relative low burden was observed in PCs of people with dementia. Educational programs and interventions should be developed for this working force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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