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Recommendations of social care standards for families and individuals affected with the Alzheimer disease

Researches show that there are a number of social circumstances, making it harder on caregivers, and increasing responsibilities of caregivers, at the same time pointing out need for ensuring quality and professional responsibility of our occupation. Although many aspects of care are mainly covered with number of studies in past decade, not many of them deal with effect of different sorts of social support on the decreasing caregivers stress and the quality of life of caregivers. Studies show that availability of help at home services and other that provide support for caregivers effects decreasing feeling of burden put upon caregivers, postpones institutionalization of sick ones which increases quality of care. Since there are no scientific knowledges on mentioned issue in Croatia, goals for this study are: to determine used forms of rights and forms of help for families that provide care for person with Alzheimer's, to examine perceived need of caregiver for formal sorts of help and determine caregivers satisfaction with understanding and support they get from formal service providers. This research shows results of pilot study provided on pattern of caregivers of individuals affected with Alzheimer disease. Based on mentioned, aim of this work is to provide recommendations in making standards in social care for families and individuals affected with Alzheimer disease.

Alzheimer disease; social support; quality of care; recommendation.

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