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3722665

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
The treatment aim of medical care for home-based patients with Alzheimer's disease is to maximize the functioning level of the patient without jeopardizing quality of life for the caregiver. Most demented elderly live in the community with their families who, until coping becomes ineffective, usually prefer to keep their relatives out of institutions for as long as possible. In the present study, the question of why some families continue to shoulder the burden of care, often beyond healthful limits, while others relinquish care to professionals is examined longitudinally in a sample of 209 caregivers. Using logistic regression techniques, caregiver characteristics and caregiver well-being, rather than patient characteristics, emerge as important predictors of placement decisions. Results suggest that practitioners, in evaluating the family's need for institutionalization, must move beyond duration of illness and current cognitive functioning to aspects of the caregiver support system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Predictors of institutionalization among caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't