痴呆症护理研究和心理社会因素
Keerthana Umapathy1,2, Lynne Lohfeld3, Suvarna Alladi2
1Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
|December 26, 2025
概括
认知能力下降的老年人的感觉障碍显著影响他们的生活质量和照顾. 通过基于社区的模型解决视力和听力损失至关重要,特别是在COVID-19后.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 眼科和听力学 眼科和听力学
背景情况:
- 感官障碍 (视力和听力损失) 在老年人中很普遍,特别是那些有认知障碍或痴呆症的人.
- 这种障碍加剧了沟通和日常运作问题,降低了老人和他们的家人的生活质量.
- 在资源较低的环境中,获得感官护理往往是有限的,并且受到COVID-19大流行进一步破坏.
研究的目的:
- 检查感官障碍对印度认知障碍或痴呆症老人的影响.
- 从家庭护理人员的角度了解对生活质量和护理提供的影响.
- 为了确定这些人群获得感官护理服务的障碍.
主要方法:
- 使用聚焦小组讨论与认知障碍或痴呆症老年人的家庭照顾者进行定性研究.
- 参与者代表了不同的教育和社会经济背景.
- 使用诱导性定性内容分析来确定关键主题和建议.
主要成果:
- 五个主要主题出现了:衰老,感官功能,老年护理,生活质量和COVID-19大流行.
- 感官障碍导致社会互动,沟通和适应感官损失的困难.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间和之后,获得感官护理的障碍增加了,护理人员提出了改进建议.
结论:
- 解决视力和听力损失对于改善认知障碍或痴呆症老年人和他们的家人的生活质量至关重要.
- 迫切需要基于社区的护理模式和有针对性的干预措施,以弥合感官护理服务的差距.
- 在公共卫生危机期间,需要特别注意确保老年人能够获得感官护理.
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