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QOL in primary care of elderly mentally ill and their caregivers’ well-being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

N. Tataru
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Psychiatry Out-Patient Clinic Oradea, Oradea, Romania
A. Dicker
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hudiksvall Sjukhus, Hudiksvall, Sweden

Abstract

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It is difficult to talk about quality of life of elderly with mental disorders. Thus, there appeared serious ethical challenges for psychiatry: to cut mental health costs and to provide care to as many as possible through all duration of their diseases, from the onset to the end-of-life. The psychiatrists have to face these challenges and treat the elderly with or without mental disorders from primary care to residential one, assuring them the best quality of life as it is possible. The goal of medical policy is to optimize the patients’ and their caregivers’ well-being. Multiple loses in old age are important in decreasing of quality of life and increasing of mental health problems in the elderly. They have more social and medical problems, which include depression and suicide. Caring for a family member with dementia can be both challenging and stressful. Primary care-staff need to develop the skills to detect and manage signs of caregivers stress. Health care professionals can promote well-being of the caregivers not only the patients’ well-being, educate them how to access help and manage their stress effectively. Recognition of the importance of the role of caregivers and finding the effective ways of supporting them, respecting their personal perception of the quality of this offer, improve the quality of primary care of elderly patients with mental disorders and also improve the quality of life of their relative or caregivers.

Type
P02-263
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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