"Zuhause geht es nicht mehr" - Gründe für den Wechsel ins Pflegeheim bei Demenz
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Contributors
Abstract
Aim: What are the reasons for institutionalising community-dwelling persons with dementia? Method: A written survey of family caregivers and general practitioners was undertaken. Results: Within 2 years 47 of 351 people with dementia (13%) were institutionalised. The person with dementia was involved in the decision in only 1/3 of the cases. The 3 most common reasons were: ensuring the best possible care, high expenditure of care-giving time at home, deterioration of the health of the care-receiver. Conclusions: From the ethical point of view the exclusion of the persons with dementia from the decision-making with regard to institutionalisation has to be examined critically. The often given reason of ensuring the best possible care through institutionalisation could be counteracted by the improvement of community-based care.
Translated title of the contribution | “As Good as it Gets at Home” – Reasons for Institutionalisation in Dementia |
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Details
Original language | German |
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Pages (from-to) | 510-513 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Das Gesundheitswesen : Sozialmedizin, Gesundheits-System-Forschung, medizinischer Dienst, public health, öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst, Versorgungsforschung |
Volume | 78 |
Issue number | 8-9 |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2016 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 25951113 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-1491-9195/work/142256068 |
Scopus | 84929095330 |
Keywords
Keywords
- decision-making, dementia, family caregiver, general practitioners, institutionalisation, reasons