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| Carer levels of concern on driving and other activities in older people that put others at risk | | Author(s) | Edward Helmes, Nancy A Pachana |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 33, no 1, March 2014 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, March 2014 |
| Pages | pp 50-54 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Activities of older people ; Driving capability ; Cooking ; Financial services [older people] ; At risk ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Early signs of dementia may raise concerns in family members as to the safety of the affected person when engaged in common activities. This study reported on the relative frequency of such concerns using data from the three waves of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA). The main focus was on driving, cooking and paying bills, with a prediction that most carers' concerns would be over driving. Study participants were 2,780 Canadians over 65 years, who underwent the first wave of CSHA and were subsequently followed during the next two waves. As predicted, concerns about driving were relatively more common than concerns about cooking and handling finances in the cognitively intact group, with the opposite order observed in the group with dementia. Carer concerns for those diagnosed with dementia shift with the progression of cognitive changes, with concerns declining over a ten-year period. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605258 A |
| Classmark | EA: E4: G: OPF: YKH: J: CA3: 7S |
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