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- Title: An Investigation of Cognitive and Functional Deficit Awareness and Satisfaction with Care Among Clients with Dementia
- Author : Keith Brown
- Release Date : January 18, 2013
- Genre: Medical,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 12193 KB
Description
Dementia is a devastatingly debilitating disease that impacts not only the individual, but also the caregivers and professionals that provide care for that individual. There is a vast amount of research based on caregiver reports and doctor reports as well as some qualitative research conducted on individuals with dementia. However, there is a dearth of research conducted comparing awareness of deficits among individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Also missing is comparisons of beliefs of satisfaction with care among individuals with dementia. The purpose of this study was to investigate how perceptions of symptomotology (deficit awareness) relate to satisfaction with care, and whether there is a correlation between clients’ and caregivers’ evaluations of memory deficits. A total of 180 dyads were selected to complete several rating scales taken from the Chronic Care Network for Alzheimer’s disease (CCN/AD) study to compare results. These include the Personal Self-Maintenance, the Functional Activities Questionnaire, the Quality of Care Scale, the Blessed Memory Scale, and The Mini Mental State Exam. A multiple regression analysis showed that clients’ satisfaction with care was not dependent upon their perceived level of impairment, except for Doctors’ reports on the PSM. A one-way multivariate analysis of variance showed that there are significant differences between clients’ and caregivers’ perceptions of symptomotology of dementia. Implications and recommendations for clinical practice, counselor education, and supervision, and future research are outlined.