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Elders with dementia living in the community with and without caregivers
— an epidemiological study | | Author(s) | Krista L Prescop, Hiroko H Dodge, Richard K Morycz |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 11, no 3, September 1999 |
| Pages | pp 235-250 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Living in the community ; Living alone ; Rural areas ; Informal care ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In an epidemiological survey of a mostly rural US community, the authors identified 116 non-institutionalised older people with dementia, of whom about one third lived alone, and only half of them had caregivers. The average of age of caregivers was 67.4 years; 73% were women. Almost half of the caregivers were spouses, and almost a third were offspring of the demented individuals. More than two-thirds of caregivers lived with the subjects. Female caregivers were significantly younger than male caregivers. Multivariate analyses revealed that subjects with dementia living alone were independently and significantly more likely to be women and to have dementias of shorter duration, less severity, and lesser functional impairment and more current cognitive and behavioural symptoms than those without caregivers. Demented subjects whose caregivers reported higher levels of burden were more likely to be women and to have greater dementia severity, functional impairment, and cognitive impairment, and more current symptoms than those whose caregivers had no or minimal burden. These results draw attention to the problems of those with dementia living alone, particularly those without caregivers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000127211 A |
| Classmark | EA: K4: K8: RL: P6: 3F: 7T |
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