Summary: The article presents a model for family caregiving which attempts to provide a substantial explanation of how family caregiving originates, the conditions required to maintain it and the factors which influence the subjective burden of family (...
Zusammenfassung:Studienziel war es, Qualitätsvorstellungen pflegender Angehöriger zu den Unterstützungsangeboten Angehörigenberatung, ambulante Pflege, Tagespflege und Angehörigengruppe zu erfassen. Dabei wurden zwei Gruppen einander gegenübergestellt: (...
Quantitative and qualitative Assessment of Family Caregiver Burden and CopingAbstract: The following article is concerned with the assessment of family caregiver burden and strain, which is especially relevant in intervention research. Instead of using ...
Zusammenfassung: Pflegende Angehörige von Personen mit Demenz sind ungeheuren täglichen Belastungen ausgesetzt, die Jahre und Jahrzehnte andauern können. Pflegende Angehörige haben ein erhöhtes Risiko zur Entwicklung depressiver und körperlicher ...Effect of a Complex Caregiver Support Intervention: A Program of the Morbus Alzheimer Society AustriaAbstract: A two-week-treatment for dementia patients and their caregivers was developed by the Morbus Alzheimer Society of Austria. While patients ...
«For Better or for Worse ...» Differences and Similarities of Caring Spouses and Other Family Caregivers in the German Survey of the Project EUROFAMCAREThe vast majority of older people in need for care are cared-for by their relatives, mostly children ...
Caregivers of Stroke Patients: Predictors of Subjective BurdenBackground: Relatives who care for stroke survivors at home provide extensive emotional, social and physical care, which can be perceived as a burden. Literature reveals inconsistencies in ...
The Longitudinal Dementia Caregiver Stress Study (LEANDER): Results on Caregiver InterventionsAn inventory to measure caregivers burden and to evaluate different interventions for caregivers was developed within the Longitudinal Dementia Caregiver ...
In Germany, discharge planning has been a mandatory part of hospital care since 2012 to ensure continuity of care and to support patients and relatives while crossing the critical interface between hospital and home care. However, it remains unclear how ...
Need driven dementia care at home requires the use of needs assessments like CarenapD. The CarenapD Manual states that the person with dementia (PwD) and caregivers (CA) should be included in the assessment process. In a pre-post study CarenapD has been ...
Background: The care of an elderly frail and ill family member places a great responsibility on informal caregivers. Following discharge of the older person from the hospital setting it can be observed that caregivers are often inadequately informed about ...
Family members' experiences of caring for persons with dementia and outreach counselling – an interpretative phenomenological studyAbstract. Background: Almost two-thirds of the 110 000 people living with dementia in Switzerland receive home care from ...
Perspectives of family caregivers in home mechanical ventilation: „That I’ll be taken seriously and that I not only have to carry the burden“Abstract. Background: In Germany, Home Mechanical Ventilation (HMV) becomes more important, but there is only ...
Nursing home placement of people with dementia: a secondary analysis of qualitative data and literature review on perspectives of informal caregivers and healthcare professionalsAbstract.Background: Nursing home placement of people with dementia can ...
Providing knowledge and support for caring relatives with the smartphone – the MoCaB projectAbstract.Background: Caring relatives often have a lack of knowledge of illness and care options. Surveys, as part of the MoCaB (...
Counselling approaches to assistive technologies in nursing care for people with dementia – A focus group study with informal carersAbstract. Background: Assistive technologies may support caregiving relatives of people ...
Challenges in dementia care at home – The situation at home of a married coupleAbstract. Background: People with dementia and their relatives are faced with major challenges due to complex dementia symptoms. ...
Employed persons caring simultaneously for children and care-dependent relatives – a scoping reviewAbstract.Background: Due to the demographic changes with higher life expectancy, later childbirth, and an ...
The life situation of people with dementia and family carers during the coronavirus pandemic - A qualitative studyAbstract. Background: The measures initiated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have far-...