Identifying and Addressing Unmet Needs in Dementia: The Role of Care Access and Psychosocial Support.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

People with dementia often have various unmet care needs across physical, psychological, environmental, and social domains. There's a need to explore the association between domains of unmet needs and characteristics of people with dementia. The aim of this paper was to describe the domains of unmet and met needs among community-dwelling people living with dementia, focusing on the home environment, physical, psychological, and social areas, and to identify sociodemographic, clinical, and health-related parameters associated with unmet needs.

Methods

We analyzed the InDePendent trial's baseline data of N = 417 people with dementia. The Camberwell Assessment of Needs for the Elderly (CANE) was used to identify needs. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate the

SUBMITTER: Scharf A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11949772 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature