Study on correlation between care ability and quality of life of home caregivers of community dementia elderly
Abstract：Objective:To know about the status quo of the care ability and quality of life of the caregivers of community dementia elderly and the correlation between them.Methods:Totally 80 family caregivers of senile dementia patients in community were investigated with self-complied caregiving competence questionnaire and WHOQOL-BREF questionnaires.Results:The care ability score of home caregivers of community dementia elder was(22.59±7.14),quality of life WHOQOL-BREF score was(48.85±6.21),and there was a positive correlation between care ability and quality of care(r=0.452,P<0.01).Conclusion:Home caregivers for community dementia elderly lacked of care ability,and quality of life was poor.Community health care workers should take care training for home caregivers and care guidance,to give them psychological support,so as to improve their care quality and quality of life.
Keywords：communitydementiahome caregiverscare abilityquality of lifecorrelation
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2987-2990 )