Abstract

PANEQUE VANEGA, Juana Celia et al. Educational intervention for caregivers of patients with dementia syndrome in rural areas GBT No. 1. Multimed [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.5  Epub Oct 20, 2021. ISSN 1028-4818.

People, in the development process, require attaining specific skills to satisfy daily needs, so that they can be linked to different social roles according to the stage of the human life process in which they are. With the aim of identifying the level of knowledge and skills of caregivers about the basic needs for caring for patients with dementia syndrome. A training intervention strategy was designed to raise caregivers' knowledge and skills. A training intervention was carried out where the 22 caregivers of older adults with dementia syndrome existing in the period to be evaluated in the skills of interest by them were prepared, the study was divided into five stages, diagnostic, intervention, evaluation, evaluation of the impact and comparison of the results of the caregivers belonging to the urban area and those of the rural area. Before preparation, an evaluation of Mal (88.41%) of the cases evaluated was obtained. After performing the training intervention, 88.23% of the caregivers were evaluated well. It was possible to modify the level of knowledge and skills of the caregivers on the basic needs for the care of their patients and an educational intervention program was designed for the caregivers of the study.

Keywords : dementia syndrome; carer; abilities.

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