Claudia Casafont, Maria Josefa González-García, Irache Casadamon-Munarriz, Mercè Piazuelo, Jose Luis Cobo-Sánchez, María Bravo, Cindy E Frías, Adelaida Zabalegui
People with dementia (PWD) have a higher risk of hospitalization than people without dementia. Hospitalizations are stressful events for PWD and their caregivers, representing a considerable change to their routines. The current descriptive longitudinal study aimed to identify the positive and negative reactions, experiences related to health and social integrated care, resource use, and work status of family caregivers of PWD or cognitive impairment admitted to the hospital with a proximal femur fracture undergoing surgery...
August 25, 2023: Research in Gerontological Nursing