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Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing 2025, 19(4): 506-523 |
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Zabolypour S, Arsalani N, Gilvari T, Rafiee Vardanjani L, Khajehmirzaei F, Fallahi-Khoshknab M. Caregiving Challenges for Caregivers of Older Adults People With Alzheimer's Disease : A Narrative Review. Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing 2025; 19 (4) :506-523
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Soheila Zabolypour1 
, Narges Arsalani2 , Tahereh Gilvari1 , Leila Rafiee Vardanjani1 , Faezeh Khajehmirzaei1 , Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab *3
, Narges Arsalani2 , Tahereh Gilvari1 , Leila Rafiee Vardanjani1 , Faezeh Khajehmirzaei1 , Masoud Fallahi-Khoshknab *3
1- Student Research Committee, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Nursing, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ,fallahi@uswr.ac.ir
2- Department of Nursing, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ,
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Objectives Alzheimer disease is a progressive chronic disease that causes complete dependence of the patient and the need for round-the-clock care and creates challenges for caregivers and families that need to be investigated and recognized. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the care challenges of caregivers of older people with Alzheimer disease in 2022.
Methods & Materials A narrative review study was conducted using the Persian keywords "caregiver and Alzheimer disease" and English keywords "Alzheimer disease, caregiver and carer" in PubMed, Embase, ProQuest, SID, and IranDoc from 2017 to 2022. Out of 4594 articles, 27 were evaluated and analyzed using the Gifford quality assessment criteria.
Results Following a review of the articles, it was determined that the most common caregiving issues faced by older Alzheimer patients were divided into two categories: 1) Individual challenges, which included psychological subcategories, lack of information, physical and occupational, and workload and 2) Family challenges, which included subcategories economic, marital, social relationship disruption and lack of emotional relationships obtained.
Conclusion Caring for older people with Alzheimer causes many care challenges for their caregivers. Therefore, in addition to treating and caring for older people with Alzheimer, it is necessary to pay attention to the challenges of the caregivers and plan to empower and solve their challenges in the health and treatment systems.
Methods & Materials A narrative review study was conducted using the Persian keywords "caregiver and Alzheimer disease" and English keywords "Alzheimer disease, caregiver and carer" in PubMed, Embase, ProQuest, SID, and IranDoc from 2017 to 2022. Out of 4594 articles, 27 were evaluated and analyzed using the Gifford quality assessment criteria.
Results Following a review of the articles, it was determined that the most common caregiving issues faced by older Alzheimer patients were divided into two categories: 1) Individual challenges, which included psychological subcategories, lack of information, physical and occupational, and workload and 2) Family challenges, which included subcategories economic, marital, social relationship disruption and lack of emotional relationships obtained.
Conclusion Caring for older people with Alzheimer causes many care challenges for their caregivers. Therefore, in addition to treating and caring for older people with Alzheimer, it is necessary to pay attention to the challenges of the caregivers and plan to empower and solve their challenges in the health and treatment systems.
Type of Study: Review paper |
Subject:
gerontology
Received: 2023/01/09 | Accepted: 2023/10/01 | Published: 2025/01/01
Received: 2023/01/09 | Accepted: 2023/10/01 | Published: 2025/01/01
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