This article contains a discussion of two cases which are problematic for the issue of healthcare decision making due to the lack of general competence of the patients along with the seriousness of the decisions in question. This discussion is followed by a proposal of a method to be used in...
Objective To study the health status of caregivers for dementia patients living in the community so as to provide evidence for the future intervention.Methods Using Self-Rated Health Questionnaire,Zarit Burden Inventory,and Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale to investigate the health status...
Dementia‐Capable Healthcare: One Step CloserUNITED StatesCARE of dementia patientsMEDICAL care for older peoplePATIENTS' familiesSOCIAL worker & clientCARE of Alzheimer's patientsHEALTH services administrationSOCIAL servicesUNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles...
Dementia often occurs among the aged population and patients often suffer declines in memory, calculation, visual perception, reasoning, and etc. It is named as Dullness Pattern” in TCM. From the perspective of TCM,“memory exists in brain” and “brain is the sea of marrow”; therefore, ma...
Health literacy, social support, and care ability for caregivers of dementia patients: Structural equation modeling At present, the level of health literacy, social support, and care ability of dementia caregivers is not very high. Therefore, the purpose of this study wa... Y Li,L Hu,X Mao...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A new study indicates that dementia patients tended by family caregivers with depression, anxiety and other symptoms of mental illness typically died sooner than those being looked after by caregivers in good mental health. ...
Disclosure of dementia diagnosis to patients is not universal, in part due to family concerns about patient quality of life. The extent to which such disclosures are associated with patient healthcare outcomes is unknown. The current study examines the association of dementia diagnosis disclosure in ...
Benefits of care homes for dementia care Extra help for dementia patients is often required to maintain their psychological, sociological and physical well-being. Our team of experts are highly trained to ensure your loved ones stay safe, happy, and have the best quality of life possible. ...
At Four Seasons Health Care Group, we provide compassionate and tailored dementia care across our UK care homes. Our services include both residential and nursing dementia care, designed to meet a wide range of needs, from daily support to specialised nursing for more complex conditions. Our posit...
Social Service Interventions for Caregivers of Patients with Dementia: Impact on Health Care Utilization and Expenditures An intervention, which had as its primary goal the enhancement of compliance to social work recommendations, was shown to produce extremely high rates of c... M Weinberger,DT Gold...