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| Support to family carers of patients with frontotemporal dementia | | Author(s) | Tor Atle Rosness, Per Kristian Haugen, Knut Engedal |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 4, July 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp 462-466 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Early ; Family care ; Health services ; Evaluation ; Norway. |
| Annotation | Provision of support is examined using data from 60 dyads of Norwegian patients with dementia and their principal family carers, 23 subjects with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and their carers, and 37 subjects with early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their carers. Patients with FTD diagnosis were significantly more frequently offered stays in nursing homes. Carers of patients with FTD were significantly less satisfied with the provision of information about the disease compared with carers of early onset AD patients, and were significantly less satisfied with counselling and follow-up advice. Changes of personality in patients with FTD may be the main reason may be major reason why they were offered more stays in institutions. These family carers tend to be less satisfied with the provision of support they received from the specialist health service compared to carers of AD patients, and are in need of more, and other forms of support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081010206 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4J: P6:SJ: L: 4C: 76N |
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