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Australia Remembers as Veterans Forget: the Care of Veterans with Dementia
Author(s) -
Rosenman L.,
Brocque R. Le,
Tilse C.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1995.tb00719.x
Subject(s) - dementia , gerontology , medicine , older people , aged care , population , veterans affairs , psychiatry , disease , environmental health , pathology
Comparisons between veterans and non‐veterans in a sample of 243 older Australians with dementia show that veterans are more likely to be older men being cared for at home by older frail spouses, or are single older women who are those most likely to be institutionalised. Care needs for veterans are shifting from meeting medical needs of a male population to providing support to older female carers and older frail women with no partner.