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Burden in carers of dementia patients — higher levels in carers of younger sufferers
Author(s)	Aideen Freyne, Nick Kidd, Robert Coen
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 9, September 1999
Pages	pp 784-788
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Stress ; Ireland.
Annotation	A comparative study of the clinical characteristics of early onset dementia (onset before age 65) and late onset dementia sufferers in Ireland was conducted. The level of carer burden among carers of both groups was measured. Carer burden was significantly higher among carers of younger sufferers, although there were no significant differences between groups in terms of clinical features such as severity of dementia or behavioural disturbance. Higher carer burden showed an inverse relationship to patient's age. These results have implications in terms of encouraging community care for dementia sufferers. Further exploration is needed to identify factors associated with burden in younger carers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000114211 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: QNH: 763
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