Eerder Erbij: The Path Towards Offering Timely Support for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers

INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE It has been estimated that at least 50% of the home living persons with dementia in the Netherlands receive little or no formal care and support (Zorgstandaard Dementie, 2013). Reasons why persons with dementia and their informal caregivers receive no formal care vary, include absence of diagnosis, denial of illness, embarrassment or the complexity of the care and referral system. A common concern among health care professionals is that by the time the person with dementia or informal caregiver do seek or receive formal care it may be too late. The difficulties at home may already be so severe that there is little that community-based care can do and admission to residential care may follow soon after. Appropriate support at an earlier stage may prevent more serious difficulties and postpone admission to residential care. Therefore, health care professionals are looking for strategies to reach persons with dementia and caregivers in an earlier stage of dementia and encourage them to accept some form of help or support. The rationale of this study is to investigate how persons living with dementia and their close others can be encouraged to accept support and whether support at an early stage is effective in preventing severe deterioration in wellbeing, behavioural difficulties and high care costs later on. OBJECTIVES * Estimate the effect of EE on caregiver self-efficacy compared to usual care * Estimate the effect of EE on the total care costs o…

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Sanne Balvert, Msc.  ·  s.c.e.balvert@vu.nl

Maarten Milders, Dr.  ·  m.v.milders@vu.nl

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