An Exploratory Study of the Burdens and Needs of Family Caregivers with Dementia Elderly

• Main Authors: Ching-Cheng Lin, 林敬程
• Other Authors: Ching-Kuan Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2000
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32901989112842799542

碩士 === 高雄醫學大學 === 行為科學研究所 === 88 === The purposes of this study are, firstly, to understand the burdens and needs of family caregivers with dementia elders; secondly, to explore the relationships between the burdens and related factors; and thirdly, to explore the relationships of the needs for supportive services and related factors. The samples of this study come from the department of neurology of one medical center in the southern Taiwan. This study uses a purposive sampling strategy and the sample size is 110. This study uses a structural questionnaire that is composed of seven parts, including: (1) Activities of daily living rating scale; (2) Behavior and emotional disturbance rating scale; (3) Burden of caregiver rating scale; (4) Demand of supportive services of caregiver rating scale; (5) Care situation; (6) General information of elders; and (7) General information of caregiver. Statistic methods include descriptive statistic, T test, one-way ANOVA, Least-significant difference (LSD), Pearson''s correlation coefficient and Spearman rank correlation. The results of this study are: (1) The caregivers with low-level to middle-level burden have the highest social life burdens and physical-psychological burdens. As for the employed caregivers, the highest level of work burden is worrying about the elderly and unable to concentrate on his own work. (2) The caregivers felt more heavier burden in such cases as more serious dementia of the elderly, lower daily-activity ability, greater frequency of abnormal behavior and emotion, quitting job in order to take care of the elderly, perceived poor income, spending more time on taking care the elderly, or take care of the elders alone. (3) The caregivers with middle-level needs for supportive services have the highest level of needs for information and financial support but lower level of needs for respite services and psychological support. The employed caregivers have the highest needs for a flexible work time. (4) The needs for supportive services are higher in such cases as more serious dementia of the elderly, the elders with other chronic disease, lower daily-activity ability, greater frequency of abnormal behavior and emotion, quit job in order to taking care of the elderly, perceived poor income, younger caregiver, higher education, or spending more time on taking care the elderly.