Training of Formal Caregivers Dealing with Alzheimer Diseased Patients at Helwan City Cairo Egypt

Badria Abd Elshahed Ahmed Elkattan ,Aliaa M El-Afandy ,Wafaa Osman Abd El-Fatah

doi:10.11648/j.ajns.20170603.12

Abstract

Alzheimer prevalence increases with aging and in 2012 it is estimated that Alzheimer worldwide will affect 35.6 million people, this number will double by 2030 and more than triple by 2050. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect training program for formal caregivers' dealing with Alzheimer diseased patients at Helwan City Cairo Egypt. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at four available geriatric homes and out-patient psychiatric clinics in Helwan City. Sampling: A purposive sampling was used for selection of forty formal caregivers'. Tool: A self-designed semi-structured interview questionnaire was used, it included demographic information as; age, sex, professional qualification, and experience, formal caregiver's knowledge regarding Alzheimer disease as definition of Alzheimer, causes, risk factor, prevention and control, attitude questionnaire as I feel confident about people with Alzheimer disease, and I feel uncomfortable being around Alzheimer diseased people and related dementia, and formal caregiver's practices as Practice methods of non-therapeutic care to deal with Alzheimer patients, and Configure appropriate environment to Alzheimer patients Results: The pre /posttests among formal caregivers revealed that overall knowledge, attitude and practices improved with highly statistically significant differences at p <0.001 that approved the hypothesis of implementing training program for formal caregivers. Conclusion: The training program significantly brought out improvements in formal caregivers knowledge, attitude and practices regarding Alzheimer diseased patients. Recommendations: The study can be replicated with a larger number of formal caregivers for generalizations of the results, and further studies conduct to improve nurse's knowledge and practices regarding caring for Alzheimer diseased patients.

Highlights

҅ ҅Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a health concern which evolves quickly and Alzheimer is a dangerous disease which affects the cognitive function badly; it is the sixth causes which lead to mortality in the USA
The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of training program for formal caregivers 'dealing with Alzheimer diseased patient, through the following objectives: Assessing the knowledge, attitude and practices of formal caregiver regarding patients affected with Alzheimer disease to identify their needs
Practices about Alzheimer included different types of behavioral disorders need to be noted or evaluated, support and care for people living with Alzheimer patient in particular, living in the house and people with behavioral disorders, practice methods of nontherapeutic care to deal with Alzheimer patients, configure appropriate environment to Alzheimer patients, care provided to increase awareness and memory especially related to daily activities, and nursing care provided to overcome the problems of talk, and attitude cover feeling confident about people with Alzheimer disease and related dementia, dealing easy with Alzheimer disease, and being uncomfortable around Alzheimer diseased people and related dementia

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҅ ҅Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a health concern which evolves quickly and Alzheimer is a dangerous disease which affects the cognitive function badly; it is the sixth causes which lead to mortality in the USA. About 5.2 million of Americans have been diagnosed to suffer from Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer Association has evaluated that 46.8 million People worldwide are living with dementia in 2015. These numbers will almost double every 20 years, reaching. Formal caregivers refer to paid care services by a healthcare institution or individual for a person in need and are considered members of an organization and accountable to defined norms of conduct and practice. They may be professionals, support workers, or volunteers. Supporting programs are needed because population ages and dementia becomes more common [5]

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