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Challenges experienced by home-based palliative caregivers of the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease (AD): a review |
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| Creator | Sayam Aroonsrimorakot |
| Title | Challenges experienced by home-based palliative caregivers of the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease (AD): a review |
| Contributor | Meena Laiphrakpam |
| Publisher | Phetchaburi Rajabhat University |
| Publication Year | 2567 |
| Journal Title | Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) |
| Journal Vol. | 19 |
| Journal No. | 6 |
| Page no. | 1-17 |
| Keyword | Alzheimer’s disease, home-based palliative care, challenges of family caregivers, elderly with AD |
| URL Website | https://ph02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jtir |
| Website title | Interdisciplinary Research Review (IRR) |
| ISSN | 2697-536X |
| Abstract | As the world’s population ages due to increasing longevity, many elderly people are affected by many diseases, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is another disease susceptible more to the ageing population. AD is a kind of degeneration in the brain, and the elderly with AD suffer a progressive functional and cognitive decline. It is the most common cause of dementia, which causes challenges to the elderly patient as well as family caregivers. Home-based palliative care for AD provides care and support, especially to terminally ill patients, surrounded by their family caregivers. This article aims to describe: 1. introduction to Alzheimer’s disease; 2. importance of home-based palliative care for the elderly; and 3. Challenges experienced by home-based palliative caregivers of the elderly with Alzheimer’s disease. The study used a rapid reviewing method to collect relevant data, information, and contents related to the objectives from various electronic source search engines, searched by typing keywords such as Alzheimer’s disease, goals, and challenges of palliative care of the elderly at home by family caregivers, and the relevant contents were analyzed. The result found major challenges experienced by family caregivers, including stress, fatigue, anxiety, sleep deprivation, expenditure burden, and less time for self-care and social responsibility. The findings of this article provide a better understanding of Alzheimer's disease, the importance of palliative care at home for elderly people with AD, and the challenges encountered in providing care, which can be useful to academicians, family caregivers, AD patients, policymakers, and medical professionals to improve the quality of life of both patients and caregivers through integration of applicable intervention measures in health care planning and policy making. |
