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- Title
Pflegebelastungen bei älteren Angehörigen von Demenzerkrankten und deren Einfluss auf die Lebensqualität: Eine systematische Literaturübersicht.
- Authors
Alltag, Sophie; Conrad, Ines; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.
- Abstract
Background: Projections revealed that the age group of 60+ years will increase to 1.4 billion people worldwide by 2030. Germany is affected by the demographic change with an increase in people suffering from dementia and a substantial proportion will be cared for by informal caregivers. Quality of life (QOL) is of utmost importance for the stability of domestic care arrangements. Objectives: This review aimed at collecting and analyzing articles on the association between burden of care and QOL in older informal caregivers of people with dementia. Material and methods: A systematic literature search was conducted in the databases Web of Science and PubMed. German and English papers were considered. Results: Caregiver burden, health-related characteristics of the informal caregiver, dementia-related characteristics, sociodemographics and contextual factors were significantly negatively associated with informal caregivers' QOL. Support arrangements in order to relieve caregivers were rarely utilized. Conclusion: Despite different methods of analysis and instruments used, consistent results regarding the association between caregiver burden and QOL in older informal caregivers were found. The existence of a care situation already negatively influenced the caregivers' QOL. Especially older informal caregivers require special support.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2019, Vol 52, Issue 5, p477
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-018-1424-6