Quality of life in persons with dementia using regional dementia care network services in Germany: a one-year follow-up study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Johannes GräskeKarin Wolf-Ostermann

Abstract

The majority of individuals with dementia live in the community; thus, regional dementia care networks are becoming increasingly more important for the provision of care. To date, four different types of dementia care networks have been identified in Germany (stakeholder, organisation, hybrid, mission); however, the effect on the quality of life of persons with dementia using such network services has not yet been examined. Moreover, the possible differences in the effect on the quality of life among the four types of dementia care networks have not been investigated. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to describe the changes over time in the quality of life of persons with dementia, assessing the association with the different types of dementia care networks. Within the DemNet-D study, face-to-face interviews with persons with dementia and their primary caregivers were conducted to collect data of typical outcome parameters, such as quality of life (Quality of Life Alzheimers Disease: QoL-AD), sociodemographic data, social index (Scheuch-Winkler), depression (Geriatric Depression Scale: GDS), challenging behaviour (Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory: CMAI), capacities of daily living (Instrumental Activity of Daily L...Continue Reading

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Aug 13, 2020·Health & Social Care in the Community·José Manuel Hernández-PadillaCayetano Fernández-Sola
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