Informal caregivers of persons with dementia, their use of and needs for specific professional support: a survey of the National Dementia Programme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper describes both the use of and needs for informal caregivers of people with dementia, based on a questionnaire survey organized within the National Dementia Programme in the Netherlands. The National Dementia Programme is a quality collaborative of the Dutch Alzheimer's Association, the Institute of Quality of Healthcare (CBO) and the Knowledge Centre on Ageing (Vilans), instigated by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, to improve integrated care for people with dementia and their informal caregivers. The support needs of informal caregivers are important to improve caregiver well-being and delaying institutionalization of the person with dementia.

Methods

In the period April 2006 - January 2007, the National Dementia Programme questionnaire was c

SUBMITTER: Peeters JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901350 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature