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Caring for a relative with dementia — the perceptions of carers and CPNs [Community Psychiatric Nurses]
Author(s)	Susan Pickard, Caroline Glendinning
Journal title	Quality in Ageing, vol 2, no 4, December 2001
Pages	pp 3-11
Keywords	Dementia ; Informal care ; Health services ; Needs [elderly] ; Psychiatric nurses ; Attitude.
Annotation	Older people with dementia living in the community are most likely to be cared for by older people, predominantly spouses, who will themselves be at increased risk of stress-related health problems. Appropriate support of such carers is crucial if carer breakdown and consequent care-receiver admission to residential homes is to be avoided. This paper examines the experience of older carers and frail people with dementia, and the kind of support that is provided to such carers. In practice, the sole source of professional support received by older people in this study was from community psychiatric nurses (CPNs). CPNs' role did not comprise hands-on care-giving. Family carers carried out most personal/physical and healthcare tasks themselves, aided in some cases by care workers. The authors suggest that the lack of support for carers in their activities requires redress. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020117204 A
Classmark	EA: P6: L: IK: QTK: DP
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