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0102/2021 - The place of family caregivers for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease: a literature review in Brazil and the United States
O lugar do cuidador familiar de idosos com doença de Alzheimer: uma revisão de literatura no Brasil e Estados Unidos

Author:

• Eliane Varanda Dadalto - Dadalto, E.V - <elianedadalto@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-7871

Co-author(s):

• Fátima Gonçalves Cavalcante - Cavalcante, FG - <fatimagold7x7@yahoo.com.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-1204


Abstract:

This is a review of the literature on family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer\'s disease2013 to 2017 available in the VHL, Scopus and Pubmed databases. Descriptors used: Alzheimer\'s disease, caregivers, elderly health, by combination. Of the 163 articles analyzed, after applying the relevance test, we ed 26 articles presentedfive thematic units: 1- Literature reviews; 2- Prevalence profiles of AD caregivers; 3-Qualitative research that analyzes the feelings and sufferings of caregivers; 4- Comparative studies and objective tests; 5-Evaluation studies of intervention programs. The comprehensive and comparative analysis of the investigations highlighted differences and similarities, vantages and disadvantages of the samples and methodologies adopted in Brazil and United States. The articles analyzed factors that influence the impact on family caregivers with Alzheimer\'s disease, placing the affective ties involved, the expected reciprocity, the physical, emotional and social costs associated with a prolonged chronic illness and requiring increasingly complex care. It has been found that family caregivers as well as older adults with AD require a broad, accessible or articulated support network, both inside and outside the family.

Keywords:

Alzheimer\'s disease; caregivers; health of the elderly

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Dadalto, E.V, Cavalcante, FG. The place of family caregivers for older adults with Alzheimer’s disease: a literature review in Brazil and the United States. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Mar). [Citado em 15/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-place-of-family-caregivers-for-older-adults-with-alzheimers-disease-a-literature-review-in-brazil-and-the-united-states/18001?id=18001



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