Caregivers and their relatives disagree about care given, received
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 10:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Caregivers and their relatives who suffer from mild to moderate dementia often have different perceptions regarding the amount and quality of care given and received. A study by researchers at Penn State and the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging examined a major source of those differences -- caregivers do not understand the things that are important to their relatives with dementia.