Department of Surgery, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2011 Jun;180(2):327-32. doi: 10.1007/s11845-010-0671-3. Epub 2011 Jan 29.
Dementia patients in Ireland live 8 years on average after diagnosis and health policy aims to ensure patients are cared for in the home for as long as possible.
To assess the role of general practitioners in Ireland caring for dementia carers.
A PubMed search (1980-2010) was performed using MeSH terms "caregivers or carers", "Dementia or Alzheimer's disease", "family physician or general practitioner". An English language restriction was imposed and the search continued to June 24th 2010.
Psychosocial multidisciplinary interventions that unite education, skills training, management of psychological problems and family support in the community are effective in managing the problems of carers and should be facilitated by general practitioners.
Dementia carers form an important yet understated patient group who present unique challenges for general practitioners in Ireland.
爱尔兰的痴呆症患者平均在确诊后能存活 8 年，而卫生政策旨在确保患者尽可能长时间在家中得到照顾。
评估爱尔兰全科医生在照顾痴呆症照护者方面的作用。
使用 MeSH 术语“照料者或照护者”、“痴呆症或阿尔茨海默病”、“家庭医生或全科医生”，在 PubMed 上进行了 1980 年至 2010 年的检索。限制使用英语语言，并于 2010 年 6 月 24 日继续进行检索。
将教育、技能培训、心理问题管理和家庭支持相结合的心理社会多学科干预措施在社区中对照顾者的问题非常有效，应该由全科医生来促成这些干预措施。
痴呆症照护者是一个重要但被低估的患者群体，他们给爱尔兰的全科医生带来了独特的挑战。
