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Formal support for informal caregivers to older persons with dementia through the course of the disease: an exploratory, cross-sectional study

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Title
Formal support for informal caregivers to older persons with dementia through the course of the disease: an exploratory, cross-sectional study
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BMC Geriatrics, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12877-016-0210-9
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Connie Lethin, Helena Leino-Kilpi, Brenda Roe, Maria Martin Soto, Kai Saks, Astrid Stephan, Sandra Zwakhalen, Adelaida Zabalegui, Staffan Karlsson, on behalf of the RightTimePlaceCare Consortium

Abstract

In European countries, knowledge about availability and utilization of support for informal caregivers caring for older persons (≥65 years) with dementia (PwD) is lacking. To be able to evaluate and develop the dementia support system for informal caregivers to PwD, a survey of European support systems and professionals involved is needed. The aim of this study was to explore support for informal caregivers to PwD in European countries. We investigated the availability and utilization of support in each of the participating countries, and the professional care providers involved, through the dementia disease. A mapping system was used in 2010-2011 to gather information about estimations of availability, utilization, and professional providers of support to informal caregivers caring for PwD. Data collected was representing each country as a whole. There was high availability of counselling, caregiver support, and education from the diagnosis to the intermediate stage, with a decrease in the late to end of life stage. Utilization was low, although there was a small increase in the intermediate stage. Day care and respite care were highly available in the diagnosis to the intermediate stage, with a decrease in the late to end of life stage, but both types of care were utilized by few or no caregivers through any of the disease stages. Professionals specialized in dementia (Bachelor to Master's degree) provided counselling and education, whereas caregiver support for informal caregivers and day care, respite care, and respite care at home were provided by professionals with education ranging from upper secondary schooling to a Master's degree. Counselling, caregiver support, and education were highly available in European countries from diagnosis to the intermediate stage of the dementia disease, decreasing in the late/end of life stages but were rarely utilized. Countries with care systems based on national guidelines for dementia care seem to be more aware of the importance of professionals specialized in dementia care when providing support to informal caregivers. Mapping the systems of support for informal caregivers of PwD is a valuable tool for evaluating existing systems, internationally, nationally and locally for policy making.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 134 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 16%
Researcher 13 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 10%
Student > Bachelor 13 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 20 15%
Unknown 45 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 30 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 14%
Psychology 18 13%
Social Sciences 7 5%
Engineering 3 2%
Other 11 8%
Unknown 46 34%
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