Voluntary abstinence from food and fluid. The relatives’ perspective: An integrative reviewAbstract.Background: Unbearable states of suffering can cause a premature wish to die. Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (...
Implementation of the German CSNAT-I to support family caregivers in palliative home care: Evaluation resultsAbstract.Background: Supporting family carers in palliative home care mostly lacks a systematic approach. In a ...
Chat-based cancer counseling in Switzerland: A reflexive thematic analysis of chat protocols focused on cancer survivors’ needsAbstract:Background: The number of people diagnosed with cancer and continue to live as cancer ...
Summary: Seventy two family members caring for their demented patients were interviewed on their burden and needs. Carer's anxiety and depression as well as subjective burden were more frequent in the later stages of dementia and the more intensive the ...
Summary: The caregivers of a consecutive sample of outpatients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) were asked by mail for their attitudes towards eventual advantages and drawbacks of an early or late diagnosis of dementia or AD. The rate of returned ...
Training of Relatives of Computer Game and Internet Addicts – Theoretical Background and Implementation of a Treatment Programme for Relatives of Internet and Computer Game Addicts at the University Hospital TübingenBackground: Recent investigations ...
Family Members of Individuals suffering from addiction: Prevalence, Health Behavior and Depressive moodAbstract.Background: International studies have revealed elevated health-related morbidity in relatives of ...
Burden of family members of people with substance use problems – The role of relationsship and type of substanceAbstract.Aims: Relatives of people with problematic substance use of alcohol and/or illegal drugs are ...
Abstract: Self-maintenance therapy (SMT) is a (neuro)psychologically-based rehabilitation method for people with dementia, especially those with Alzheimer's disease. The concept of SET was first described in this journal (Romero & Eder, 1992). The overall ...
Treatment of Behavioral Symptoms in DementiaAbstract: Behavioral disorders show a wide spectrum of symptoms and frequency in dementia disorders. Their occurrence and severity predict nursing home admission. With increasing dementia severity the ...
Communication Breakdown Problems in Dementia from Caregivers Point of View: How the Disease Affects the General Conditions of Successful CommunicationIn order to assess the extent of experiences concerning conflict situations and changes in perceived ...
Die Entscheidung, die vertraute Wohnform zugunsten einer institutionalisierten Wohnumgebung des Seniorenheims aufzugeben, ist für Senioren und Angehörige oftmals mit erheblichen Schwierigkeiten verbunden. Zahlreiche Studien belegen, dass eine ungeplante ...
In den 60er und 70er Jahren sind Tausende von so genannten Gastarbeiterinnen und Gastarbeiter angeworben worden. Heute sind diese Menschen im Rentenalter – und mit zunehmendem Alter steigt ihr Risiko, an einer Demenz zu erkranken. Da repräsentative Daten ...
Berlin Network «Turkish-Speaking and Dementia»In 2006, the Berlin network «Turkish-speaking and dementia» was founded on the initiative of the Alice Salomon University and the Alzheimer’s Society Berlin. It is the priority objective to inform family ...
Worldwide the majority of relatives endorsed family witnessed resuscitation and witnessed invasive procedures (FWR) and considered this practice as helpful. However, professionals are primarily against this practice. How relatives in Swiss hospitals ...
“Watchful? For sure!” – Health professionals as family carers and their roles in patient safetyAbstract. Background: Little is known about family caregivers in the context of adverse events that occur during the care of ...
Relatives or ’Zugehörige’? – An attempt to explore the meaning of termsAbstract.Background: Societal change has an impact on social coexistence and it is associated with pluralisation of family patterns, ...
Preparedness to provide care in relation to the satisfaction with hospital discharge planning and level of knowledge of relatives to elderly patientsAbstract.Background: Relatives are a great resource for older people who are ...