Volume : 5, Issue : 2, February - 2016

The Impact of Alzheimer�s Disease on Caregiver�s Mental Condition

Mgr. Katarina Kotradyova

Abstract :

<p>&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;Alzheimer&amp;amp;acute;s disease presents a serious social problem nowadays. Because of the prolonging of the human life, this type of dementia appears more often. Family members are usually taking care of Alzheimer&amp;amp;acute;s patients, which involve twenty-four hours care. The care is very demanding for the caregiver and often evokes the feelings of frustration and stress, which are mostly cost by the lack of the support from the government. In developing countries, opposite to the countries of the West Civilization, the older person is the natural part of the bigger family, so the care of him is shared by more members of the family. In our paper, we focused on family members who take care of Alzheimer&amp;amp;acute;s disease patients and emotions and feelings they have to face. Furthermore, we present the results of the qualitative research, which has been done in 2015 in Slovakia and was focused on caregiver&amp;amp;acute;s mental condition.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</p>