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What are the stressors of carers for older people with dementia
— a literature review | | Author(s) | Jonathan Hutchins |
| Journal title | PSIGE Newsletter, no 99, Spring 2007 |
| Publisher | Psychologists' Special Interest Group in Elderly People - PSIGE, British Psychological Society, Spring 2007 |
| Pages | pp 29-33 |
| Source | http://www.psige.org.uk |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Informal care ; Stress ; Elder abuse ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | This literature review comments on research since 1997 that has highlighted problems encountered by carers: emotional or cognitive behavioural difficulties; the level of disability; personal factors (e.g. whether the carer worked); social and depressive stress; the complexity of the carer-client relationship; the services available and whether they are effective in reducing carer stress; and the carer's loss of companionship because of diminished quality of communication. The author comments on the need for further research, maybe using qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the effectiveness of psychological interventions for carers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070521205 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6: QNH: QNT: 64A |
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