The growing number of the oldest-old will cause an increase in the number of mentally ill elderly persons in the population, given that no positive evolution of senile dementia is expected in the near future. Living in the household is the best strategy to contain the pace of mental deterioration, to better manage the disease and to maintain as long as possible the vigilance of the dement person. But dementia is one of the most devastating impairment, both for the persons who are affected by it and for their entire family network and friends, and its impact is high on life and well-being of all persons living with the dement elderly and maximum for his/her caregiver. The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of the presence of an elderly person with dementia on the perceived health of co-living household members, using data from the Italian Health Interview Survey carried out by Istat in 2005.
Dementia in the Elderly: Health Consequences on Household Members / Egidi, Viviana; Salvatore, M. A.; Gargiulo, L.; Iannucci, L.; Sebastiani, G.; Tinto, A.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2013), pp. 371-381. [10.1007/978-3-642-35588-2_34].
Dementia in the Elderly: Health Consequences on Household Members
EGIDI, Viviana;M. A. Salvatore;
2013
Abstract
The growing number of the oldest-old will cause an increase in the number of mentally ill elderly persons in the population, given that no positive evolution of senile dementia is expected in the near future. Living in the household is the best strategy to contain the pace of mental deterioration, to better manage the disease and to maintain as long as possible the vigilance of the dement person. But dementia is one of the most devastating impairment, both for the persons who are affected by it and for their entire family network and friends, and its impact is high on life and well-being of all persons living with the dement elderly and maximum for his/her caregiver. The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of the presence of an elderly person with dementia on the perceived health of co-living household members, using data from the Italian Health Interview Survey carried out by Istat in 2005.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
