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A Study of Psychological Aspects of Families Living Together with Senile Dementia
Author(s) -
Fukunishi Isao,
Hosokawa Kiyoshi
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1990.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - dementia , senile dementia , emaciation , psychology , neuroticism , psychiatry , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , disease , social psychology , personality , pathology
Senile dementia is irreversible and runs a relatively chronic course, causing physical emaciation and psychological burden to families who must take care of senile dementia at home. However, there has been no report concerning a psychological study of families with senile dementia. Therefore, the psychological aspects of them were examined. Concerning the results, most caretakers of Alzheimer‐type dementia with markedly associated psychiatric symptoms showed notably neurotic and depressive tendencies. By family parameters, these tendencies were strongly observed in families of caretakers alone. These results suggest that an expansion of local medical care, specifically geared to the home, is required, and more attention needs to be paid to the psychological aspects of caretakers.