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Let's blur the divide that's between staff and residents
- Authors:
- KOTALA Pirjo, SIUKOLA Katri
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 9(6), November 2001, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describe a group of small homes for people with dementia in Finland which involve residents in every aspect of their running.
The comparison of burden between caregiving spouses of depressive and demented patients
- Authors:
- LEINONEN Esa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 16(4), April 2001, pp.387-393.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Article compares the burden of the spouses of depressive and demented elderly patients admitted to a Psychogeriatric Clinic in Finland. Found that the spouses of demented patients as a group were psychologically more stressed than the spouses of depressive patients. However, when demented patients were divided into two groups, in those admitted mainly for noncognitive symptoms related to dementia and in those admitted for memory assessment and diagnostic purposes, the burden of the spouses in the former group was higher than that of the group of depressive patients' spouses. No difference was found between the latter group of demented patient spouses and depressive patients' spouses. A correlation was found within both groups between low functional capacity of the patient and the stress of the spouse. In both groups the spouses who felt their own mental health to be poor were more likely to have high levels of burden. Concludes that among the general psychogeriatric patient groups, the caregiving spouses of demented patients with noncognitive psychiatric symptoms are the most burdened group. However, spouses of depressive patients are as much burdened as those of demented patients with mild to moderate memory impairment. More support is needed for every spouse group caring for psychogeriatric patients.