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KMID : 1040220120040020143
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Health and Welfare for Elderly
2012 Volume.4 No. 2 p.143 ~ p.156
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A Study on the Family Caregiving with Demented Elderly Person
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Jeon Lee-Ho
Lee Jong-Hwa
Lim Si-Duk
Kim Jae-Do
Kim Byung-Sik
Kang Bo-Seon
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Abstract
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This study selected 3 geriatrics hospitals where are in Daegu and Gyeongbuk Region for researching an effect of a main provider who bears the load of bring up a demented person, conducted a survey to the adult children who bears mainly the elderly who has got hospital treatment. The social workers of those hospitals were trained and then sent to hospital after. They conducted a survey to a main adult children provider under cooperation of each hospital for this study from 7th of September to 30th of October, 2011. They were asked to self-administration on the survey and were interviewed if it is possible. The questionnaires were distributed to all 150 and collected 128 for the final analysis. This article calculated the frequency analysis, a percentage, the average and the standard deviation with the data collected, conducted the correlation analysis of the independent sample T-test and ANOVA and Pearson by computing Cronbach``s α factor for verifying reliability of testing tool. So the conclusion is as follows: First, when a dependent entered to hospital, there was relatively lower burden of supporting in a main provider. This is the result while the need of service, instrumental supporting such as care for a dependent has been decreasing, the economical and emotional supporting becomes more important. Also, it is that the economic burden has been declined as the rate which brothers and sisters in cooperation bear medical expense has been increasing. Second, especially, there was a higher effect on the dementia degree among the factors which have an effect on a burden of supporting of a main provider. Especially, in the case of a provider for this study, when a dependent has been accompanying with various physical disease or reaching to a severely step, there was higher burden in the circumstance that needs a comprehensive medical treatment rather than a simple care.
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KEYWORD
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dementia, family caregiver`s burden, senile dementia
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