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What causes problems in Alzheimer's disease: attributions by caregivers
— a qualitative study | | Author(s) | Jenni Paton, Kate Johnston, Cornelius Katona |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 6, June 2004 |
| Pages | pp 527-532 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Qualitative Studies ; London ; Essex. |
| Annotation | Participants were 205 caregivers for a person with Alzheimer's disease (AD), all of whom were aware of the diagnosis and had been recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study. Participants were from inner city and suburban London and semi-rural Essex. The main measurements were caregivers' understanding of the cause of problematic behaviour, the ability of the person with dementia to control this behaviour, and the prognosis of the illness. Most carers attribute the cognitive, behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia to causes other than dementia; many believe that the person with dementia has control over his or her behaviour; and substantial numbers believe that the person with dementia will return to normal. This study suggests that providing facts about the illness to caregivers is not enough, as caregivers may not understand that the symptoms they observe are related to the diagnosis. Education by clinicians should focus on the understanding of caregivers, and in particular explore the caregivers' attribution of the symptoms which are present in the person for whom they care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040720201 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: P6: DP: 3DP: 82L: 8ES |
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