title: The attitude of Japanese family caregivers toward the elderly with dementia.
abstract: This research examined family caregivers' attitudes toward their elderly relatives living with dementia. A convenience sample of fifty-nine Japanese caregivers was used. Caregiver attitudes were investigated multi-dimensionally (negative attitude, attitude of acceptance, and attitude of active interaction) using a questionnaire developed specifically for this study. The dimensions did not correlate with one another but were associated with different caregiver/elderly characteristics: i.e., negative attitude with short stay use, length of time caregivers and elderly relatives were living together and problem behaviors; attitude of acceptance with sleeping pill use and the type of relationship; and attitude of active interaction with dementia diagnosis. The results have implications for nurses in facilitating constructive caregiver attitudes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. noriko-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto-Mitani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sugishita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric