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KMID : 0895320160250010081
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Korean Journal of Research in Gerontology
2016 Volume.25 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.93
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A systematic Review of Educational Programs Supporting the Family of People with Dementia
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Han Dong-Hee
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Abstract
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One of the most difficulty issues which Korea has gone through with the process of aging population might be to increase rapidly the numbers of people with dementia. While the number of nursing facilities for dementia patients has been increasing, the major resources for people with dementia should be their family members. However, if the family members do not understand general characteristics of dementia well, their quality of life might be getting worse and worse while they continue to care for the patient. Family and caregives support programs such as counseling, psychodrama, narrating memoirs of family care, and using of assistive technology which can be easily approached in their community were introduced in this paper. The primary function of the programs should be to make them understand what the characteristics are, but the ultimate function would be to imporve their quality of life through instructing them better skills of communication with dementia patients. Several strategies which can maximize effects of family support suggested in the last part of this paper.
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KEYWORD
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coping with dementia, family counseling for dementia, psychodrama, memoirs of family care, teaching aids for the elderly, support network for dementia family
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