Institutionalization in dementia - frequency, time and influencing factors
Dipl.-Psych. Tobias Luck / Dr. rer. med. Melanie Luppa / Prof. Dr. med. Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Aging in familiar surroundings is a great need for most people. The transition to a residential care facility, on the other hand, is often experienced as very stressful and is associated with considerable financial costs for those affected, their relatives and social security systems. If people develop dementia, one in two people move permanently into a residential care facility within the first three years of the onset of the illness. Whether and when a move to a residential facility is carried out depends on numerous characteristics of those affected, their relatives and external conditions. For a German sample of older people with incident dementia, the absence of a spouse in particular was identified as a strong risk factor for a shorter time before moving to a residential facility. In addition to identifying further - possibly modifiable - factors influencing the institutionalization rates and times of dementia sufferers, the aim of future research efforts should also be the development of target group-specific interventions for certain risk groups in order to - if sensible - ensure longer or optimal care for dementia patients in the home environment to be able to move into a home facility at the right time.
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Abstract: Institutionalisierung bei Demenz - Häufigkeit, Zeit und Einflussfaktoren
Aging in familiar surroundings is a great need for most people. The transition to a residential care facility, on the other hand, is often experienced as very stressful and is associated with considerable financial costs for those affected, their relatives and social security systems. If people develop dementia, one in two people move permanently into a residential care facility within the first three years of the onset of the illness. Whether and when a move to a residential facility is carried out depends on numerous characteristics of those affected, their relatives and external conditions. For a German sample of older people with incident dementia, the absence of a spouse in particular was identified as a strong risk factor for a shorter time before moving to a residential facility. In addition to identifying further - possibly modifiable - factors influencing the institutionalization rates and times of dementia sufferers, the aim of future research efforts should also be the development of target group-specific interventions for certain risk groups in order to - if sensible - ensure longer or optimal care for dementia patients in the home environment to be able to move into a home facility at the right time.
Abstract: Institutionalisation in dementia - frequency, time and influencing factors
Growing old in a familiar environment is highly desirable for most people. Transitions to nursing homes, however, are frequently experienced as very burdensome and are connected with substantial financial costs for the person effected, for family members and the social system as well. When persons become effected by dementia, the permanent transition to a nursing home usually comes within the first three years after the illness begins for every second dementia patient. If and when a transition into a nursing home takes place for a dementia patient is dependent on numerous characteristics of the patient, their family members, and accompanying circumstances. In a German sample of elderly persons with incident dementia, especially the absence of a spouse was found as a strong risk factor for a shorter time until institutionalisation. Besides the identification of further likely more modifiable influencing factors for transition rates and times into nursing homes for dementia patients, future research efforts should also present the development of group-specific interventions for certain risk groups. If this proved meaningful, such interventions would make possible the home care of dementia patients and also make it possible to determine the optimal point of time for transition into a nursing home for each individual patient.
Keywords (German)
dementia, Influencing factors, Home transition, Institutionalization, Incidence, Predictors, Risk factors, Time
Keywords (English)
dementia, incidence, influencing factors, institutionalisation, nursing home admission, predictors, risk factors, time
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