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20443302

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-6
pubmed:abstractText
The increase in the number of people suffering from dementia because of aging is a serious problem for caregivers since the feature of this pathology is irreversible and advancing. We designed an intervention study with Skype and webcam for patient with dementia being cared at home by their caregiver to prevent a further memory deterioration (seriousness of dementia) and to reduce a care burden as well. For a period of 12 weeks, a 4-patient-caregiver pair communicated with a hospital nurse through the computer for 30 minutes once a week. The patient and the caregiver worked as a pair. From the beginning of the intervention period, the intervention group and control group (n = 4) were assessed with cognitive scale, ADL scale, care burden scale and depression scale for the caregiver, and the like once in 4 weeks for 12 weeks. The initial report on the 8th week showed signs of improvement on the intervention group in HDS-R, also it improved the scale of moral of the caregiver as their scale of depression decreased.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0385-0684
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[The support system for dementia patient and their caregiver with Skype and webcam].
pubmed:affiliation
Geriatric Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract