Unmet needs in community-living persons with dementia are common, often non-medical and related to patient and caregiver characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Understanding which characteristics of persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers are associated with unmet needs can inform strategies to address those needs. Our purpose was to determine the percentage of PWD having unmet needs and significant correlates of unmet needs in PWD.

Design

Cross-sectional data were analyzed using bivariate and hierarchical multiple linear regression analyses.

Setting

Participants lived in the greater Baltimore, Maryland and Washington DC suburban area.

Participants

A sample of 646 community-living PWD and their informal caregivers participated in an in-home assessment of dementia-related needs.

Measurements

Unmet needs were identified using the Johns Hopkins Dementia Care Needs Assessment. Correlates of unmet

SUBMITTER: Black BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6679825 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature