Inaccessibility, unresponsiveness, inconsistency, and invisibility of informal caregivers of older persons with cognitive impairment: community-based participatory research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on informal caregivers in Japan have been limited to family caregivers and largely conducted where family caregivers generally gather. Family caregivers who do not visit such places or non-family caregivers are generally overlooked, and data on these informal caregivers remains scant. Consequently, a framework is needed through which healthcare professionals can approach the informal caregivers of community-dwelling older persons. Therefore, this study approaches such informal caregivers and proposes a classification system for them from the starting point of older persons living in the community with cognitive impairment.

Methods

In 2016, we conducted an epidemiological survey of 7000 + community-dwelling older persons and identified 198 residents with Mi

SUBMITTER: Okamura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702127 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature