Predictive factors of readiness in caring for persons with dementia among members of the Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders association
Keywords:
care readiness, family caregivers, mental health, persons with dementiaAbstract
Objective: To investigate associated factors of readiness in caring for persons with dementia among family caregivers.
Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among purposively selected family caregivers, aged 18 years or older, who had been caring for persons with dementia for at least six months. The research instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the Care Readiness Scale, the Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living, the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue test, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Demographic data were presented by using descriptive statistics. Associations were analyzed by using the chi-square test and Spearman’s rank correlation. Predictive factors of care readiness were identified by using multiple linear regression.
Results: Of 104 participants completing the survey, 88.5 percent had inadequate care readiness scores. Care readiness was significantly associated with the age of the caregiver, the gender of the person with dementia, and obtaining information about caregiving from online resources. The multiple linear regression demonstrated that the care readiness score was positively predicted by the level of compassion satisfaction in caring (β = 0.509, p < .001) and negatively predicted by the level of functional independence of the person with dementia (β = -0.181, p = .022).
Conclusion: Most caregivers of persons with dementia have inadequate care readiness. Compassion satisfaction of the caregiver and functional independence of the person with dementia could influence care readiness. To prepare for an age-friendly society, it is advisable to foster compassion satisfaction and competence in caring among caregivers and performance level in the daily living of the persons with dementia according to the severity of the condition.
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