Alzheimer's disease: the dependency and care

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among older people and has gradually increased with the aging population. Knowing Alzheimer's disease, the demand for care produced by the disease and its impact on the lives of family caregivers, give a sense of the scale of the prob...

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Autores: Ximenes, Maria Amelia, Rico, Bianca Lourdes Duarte, Pedreira, Raíza Quaresma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Revista Kairós (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21630
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/21630
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Elderly
Alzheimer's disease
Family caregiver.
Idoso
Doença de Alzheimer
Cuidador familiar.
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Sumario:Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among older people and has gradually increased with the aging population. Knowing Alzheimer's disease, the demand for care produced by the disease and its impact on the lives of family caregivers, give a sense of the scale of the problems faced in everyday life of families. This article is a literature review addresses these issues.