For the betterment of the family care for the aged with dementia

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To investigate the feeling of burden and needs in care, a questionnaire was madewhich consists of "feeling of burden in care" (family Maslash Burnout Inventory forcare or M.B.I. in short) and "family needs" (own making). It was mailed to ninety-ninecaregiver of the family with the aged with dementia who cared them at home utilizingday-care service at a special nursing home for the aged, and attended family class oncea month. 67 Valid answers were obtained. The average age of caregiver was 57.0 years;seventy-six percent of them were female. Their difficulties were own health conditionand lack of a cooperator for care. The main component analysis of family M.B.I. forcare showed that fatigue was the main factor, indicating that it is very important toprovides the families with mental support. Many caregivers thought that their carewere useful and worthy; however score of "emotional exhaustion" were higher andscore of "self attainment" were lower.
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