Caring for people with dementia in the home: caregiver characteristics and overload

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Published: 2019-11-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n2.v2.1898
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dementia, caregiver, burden

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Jessica Denise Botelho Torrão
Mestre, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança
Maria Augusta Pereira da Mata
Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Adjunta no Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde
Maria Helena Pimentel
Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Coordenadora no Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde

Abstract

The informal caregivers experience physical, psychological, social, emotional and financial problems, which can cause the burden of caregivers. The perceived burden by the caregiver is a subjective phenomenon that depends  of internal and external factors and is also related to the caregiver himself and the tasks of caring. This work presents a systematic review about the burden thematic, related to caregivers of demented people wich purpose was identify the people with dementia’s informal caregiver characteristics associated with low and high scores of burden. The characteristics founded to be related with higher and lower burden can be summarized in eight main categories: sociodemografic variables, health and satisfaction with life, self-efficacy, personality traits, anxiety, emotional intelligence, interpersonal relationships and ways of coping. The characteristics found make it possible to establish a profile of the caregivers most likely to suffer from burden and anticipate the consequences of caregiving. Therefore, we may intervene with the caregivers in order to improve their abilities, behaviors and attitudes in the task of caring.

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2019): PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SENIOR ADULTS

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Author Biographies

Jessica Denise Botelho Torrão, Mestre, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança

Mestre, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Escola Superior de Saúde de Bragança

Maria Augusta Pereira da Mata, Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Adjunta no Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde

Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Adjunta no
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Escola Superior de Saúde

Maria Helena Pimentel, Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Coordenadora no Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior de Saúde

Doutora, UICISA:E, Professora Coordenadora no
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Escola Superior de Saúde

How to Cite

Caring for people with dementia in the home: caregiver characteristics and overload. (2019). International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 3(2), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n2.v2.1898

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