Identifier: TFG:409
Authors: PETRONELA ELVIRA DENCISOR
Abstract:
Abstract: Alzheimer's is a progressive, irreversible and incurable neurodegenerative disease that occurs most often in people starting aged 60 years old, disease characterized by progressive cognitive and functional impairment that affects a person negatively the development of the core activities of daily living (AVD). The increasing of dependence makes the person with Alzheimer's should require a caregiver who can provide him/her the properly care that he or she needs. The primary caregiver is identified as an informal or primary caregiver, because it covers the basic needs of the person with chronic disease that requires continuous care due to advanced age, serious physical alterations, cognitive impairment or a combination of them, but lacks training specifically to provide this care. Caring for a person with Alzheimer's is not an easy task and involves a significant cost, not only economic is also human that in mostly of the cases goes unnoticed. These people spend part of their life to caring for a loved one, with this growing dedication as the disease increase. Often they have to quit a job, reduce the hobby time and the sharing time with relatives and friends as well, without naming the physical repercussion, psychological, social and economic impact involved, so we can say that dementia has a chronic nature not only for the person who suffers but also for those who perform the task of caregiver.
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