Author/Editor		Mikluž, Branka
Title		Posvetovalnica za bolnike z demenco in njihove svojce v Psihiatrični kliniki Ljubljana
Translated title		Counselling office for patients with dementia and their family members un the University psychiatric hospital
Type		članek
Source		In: Velikonja I, editor. Zdravstveni, pravni in socialni vidiki obravnave oseb z demenco. Zbornik predavanj 4. psihogeriatrično srečanje; 2005 mar 31-apr 1; Lipica. Ljubljana: Spominčica - Slovensko združenje za pomoč pri demenci,
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 17-31
Language		slo
Abstract		Counselling office for family members of patients with dementia in Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana has been in action since 2001 and is a part of our psychogeriatric outpatients' clinic. Patients and their family rnembers are referred to the counselling office by psychiatrists who examine the patients. Specially trained nurses and other members of the staff advise patients and their family members. The work of the advisors is accurately documented. This article presents quantitatively and qualitatively processed data gathered in 2003 and 2004. In this period 93 family members, mostly women, visited our consulting office. Problems, encountered by people who take care of their family members with dementia in their homes, were classified into five categories: problems due to the decline of cognitive functions, problems due to behavioural and mental changes, problems with basic activities of daily living, problems with performing complex activities, and problems due to distress and overburdening of family members. After having determined the problems, the advisors helped the patients and their family members to form a plan of care and support in the home environment. Every plan was individually adjusted. It included the possibly unutilised sources of help and concrete instructions and guidelines that would enable optimum problem solving, leading to better quality of life of the whole family.
Descriptors		DEMENTIA AMBULATORY CARE CAREGIVERS COGNITION DISORDERS ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AGED