Abbreviation (ISO4): Chinese Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders
Editor in chief: Jun WANG
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Lived Experience of caregivers' burden for dementia patients at home in community
Received date: 2021-02-28
Revised date: 2021-03-15
Online published: 2021-09-25
Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the lived experience of caregivers' burden for dementia patients at home in community in order to give caregivers targeted support and help. Methods: A total of 11 dementia patients' caregivers at home in a community were chosen to interview deeply. Data analysis used the methods of phenomenology. Results: After analysis five themes were found, that were exhaustion, over-anxiety for patients' safety, economic burden, communication barriers, hardly to get patients' real needs, unequal emotional connection. Conclusions: Caregivers' burden affected their physical and mental health. Communication barriers and blocked emotional connection also influenced the effect of care. We should offer dementia family and caregivers professional support and help with policy and professional standpoint.
Key words: old age at home; dementia; caregivers'; qualitative research
LI Ying-li , GUAN Qing , WANG Yue-feng , MENG Li-na . Lived Experience of caregivers' burden for dementia patients at home in community[J]. Chinese Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, 2021 , 4(3) : 249 -252 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.2096-5516.2021.03.016
表1 照顾者与被照顾痴呆症病人一般资料Tab.1 Demographic characteristics of care givers and their patients |
编号 | 年龄(岁) | 文化程度 | 专业培训 | 护龄(年) | 病人年龄(岁) | 病人性别 | 病种 | 病程(年) |
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N1 | 56 | 小学 | 有 | 6 | 67 | 女 | VD | 4 |
N2① | 51 | 高中 | 无 | 7 | 50 | 男 | VD | 7 |
N3 | 53 | 初中 | 无 | 3 | 72 | 女 | AD | 5 |
N4 | 56 | 初中 | 有 | 2 | 70 | 女 | AD | 3 |
N5 | 52 | 初中 | 无 | 4 | 84 | 男 | AD | 2 |
N6① | 61 | 中专 | 无 | 2 | 84 | 男 | AD | 2 |
N7① | 55 | 高中 | 有 | 5 | 84 | 男 | AD | 2 |
N8 | 48 | 职高 | 有 | 1 | 66 | 女 | AD | 2 |
N9 | 50 | 高中 | 无 | 3 | 68 | 女 | VD | 2 |
N10① | 50 | 小学 | 无 | 1 | 75 | 男 | AD | 1 |
N11 | 55 | 初中 | 无 | 4 | 73 | 女 | AD | 3 |
Note:①family members; N6, male, son; N7, female, daughter; N2, female, wife; N10, female, daughter; all of the others, female, nursing worker. |
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