Abstract
One of the consequences of population ageing is the growing number of people with dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease where ageing is one of the main risk factors. Regardless of the level of their socio-economic development, the societies face the problem of providing care to the citizens with Alzheimer’s—the condition which is progressive and for which there is no effective cure. The dynamic growth of the number of patients in the recent years requires new solutions in terms of organising and financing care for the patients. Institutional care provided by the social assistance and healthcare systems becomes more and more expensive and the demand for care, rehabilitation and medical services by far exceeds the supply. In many countries, including Poland, the main care force are family caregivers, usually women aged 55–64. The caregiving potential of families is often underestimated, the needs of the caregivers are not explored and there are no proper initiatives to support families in the caring process. For this reason, as the problem of ensuring adequate care for people with Alzheimer’s disease, one of the priorities is to develop and implement strategies to strengthen the caregiving potential of families of people with Alzheimer’s disease. This section presents the local programme of supporting caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease implemented in Szczecin (Poland), designed based on the previous diagnosis of the needs and evaluation of the effectiveness of the solutions being implemented. The results of the analyses of the data collected during the survey (n = 800) among the family caregivers are presented, as well as the implemented forms of support such as financial support for the family caregivers and further development of the community-based care system. The solutions—designed and introduced locally—may inspire other communities which face the same problem.
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Bugajska, B., Iwański, R. (2021). Local Strategies of Strengthening the Caregiving Potential of Families of People with Alzheimer’s Disease—Good Practices Introduced in Poland. In: Shankardass, M.K. (eds) Dementia Care. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3864-0_9
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