title: [Dementia in nursing home. Which support for the families?].
abstract: In caring for old people with dementia, we observe that family solidarity remains strong, which allows to delay nursing home admission. Emphasis is put on the disease altering the sense of security among old people and their families. Spontaneous attempts from caregivers in order to counterbalance often lead to a lack of energy available for change when entering a nursing home, as they have put a lot into making up for the affected sense of security of the failing relative. A complex story has then emerged from a real relationship between the caregivers and the disease, and this has to be taken into account in the helping process as much as the utter exhaustion of the family.
authors.affiliation: S.S.M. Champ de la Courornne, Laeken, Bruxelles. veralikaj@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Likaj
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing; D005190:Family; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012944:Social Support