ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Transitional Care, Long-Term Care, Socalled
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Reasons for institutionalization of people with dementia: informal caregiver reports from 8 european countries: afram. The process of institutionalizing a relative with dementia can be considered one of the most difficult aspects in the so-called informal caregiver career. Informal caregivers: may experience adverse effects when confronted with treatment decisions for others, guilt, doubt, sadness, failure, betrayal (of marital commitment, difficulty in decision making regarding institutional long-term care. Care systems: across europe, vary in, structure, financing, services, ever-increasing number of people suffering from dementia, from 9. 95 million in 2010, estimated to rise to 18. 65 million in 2050. Increase in number of informal caregivers facing the institutionalization of a person with dementia. Knowing that the institutionalization of a loved one affects the informal caregiver, it seems necessary to offer tailored and need-driven guidance during the transition process from home care to institutional long term care.
