Profile and needs of primary informal caregivers of older patients in Belgian geriatric day hospitals: a multicentric cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the improvement of life expectancy, the world faces increasing demands for care of older persons. In this manuscript, we define the characteristics of primary informal caregivers (PIC) of patients aged 75 years and older admitted to geriatric day hospitals (GDH) in Belgium. A PIC is defined as the person who most often provides care and assistance to persons who need to be cared for. We describe PIC socio-demographic characteristics, satisfaction, burden and wishes about caring; the type of assistance provided and received, their self-rated health, socio-demographic and medical characteristics of proxies, in particular the presence of behavioural disorders.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study in 25 GDH.

Participants

Four hundred seventy-five P

SUBMITTER: Eyaloba C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130294 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature