H Grau 1 , H Berth 2 , J Lauterberg 3 , R Holle 4 , E Gräßel 1 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
AIM: What are the reasons for institutionalising community-dwelling persons with dementia? METHOD: A written survey of family caregivers and general practitioners was undertaken. RESULTS: Within 2 years 47 of 351 people with dementia (13%) were institutionalised. The person with dementia was involved in the decision in only 1/3 of the cases. The 3 most common reasons were: ensuring the best possible care, high expenditure of care-giving time at home, deterioration of the health of the care-receiver. CONCLUSIONS: From the ethical point of view the exclusion of the persons with dementia from the decision-making with regard to institutionalisation has to be examined critically. The often given reason of ensuring the best possible care through institutionalisation could be counteracted by the improvement of community-based care. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
AIM: What are the reasons for institutionalising community-dwelling persons with dementia ? METHOD: A written survey of family caregivers and general practitioners was undertaken. RESULTS: Within 2 years 47 of 351 people with dementia (13%) were institutionalised. The person with dementia was involved in the decision in only 1/3 of the cases. The 3 most common reasons were: ensuring the best possible care, high expenditure of care-giving time at home, deterioration of the health of the care-receiver. CONCLUSIONS: From the ethical point of view the exclusion of the persons with dementia from the decision-making with regard to institutionalisation has to be examined critically. The often given reason of ensuring the best possible care through institutionalisation could be counteracted by the improvement of community-based care. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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Year: 2015
PMID： 25951113 DOI： 10.1055/s-0035-1547301
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gesundheitswesen ISSN： 0941-3790