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Dementia affects a person’s adaptation in everyday life, social life and usually affects a professional quality. Caring for patients with dementia causes distress to their family members. In modern psychiatric practice, a multi-vector approach is used within the biopsychosocial model of care for dementia patients. The leading strategy for the treatment of this category of patients includes measures to prevent development of cognitive deficits and, of course, treatment as itself. The main components of treatment are pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and psychoeducational interventions aimed at people who provide care for patients. A comprehensive program of medical and psychological rehabilitation developed for patients with dementia includes the following components: pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, psychoeducation (for patients and their relatives), psychological training (training of communicative, cognitive, social skills). As shown by analysis of the effectiveness of proposed program of medical and psychological rehabilitation of patients with dementia, after 1.5 years of catamnestic observation, against the background of using the program, stabilization of the emotional state of patients with dementia and their relatives, a decrease in the level of neuropsychological tension, and an improvement in the cognitive status of patients were noted. The level of socio-psychological adaptation increased, it was possible to preserve social and household skills, and they were able to switch to the use of adaptive coping strategies in patients with dementia and their family members. Keywords: relatives, rehabilitation, maladaptive behavior, emotional disorders.
Dementia affects a person’s adaptation in everyday life, social life and usually affects a professional quality. Caring for patients with dementia causes distress to their family members. In modern psychiatric practice, a multi-vector approach is used within the biopsychosocial model of care for dementia patients. The leading strategy for the treatment of this category of patients includes measures to prevent development of cognitive deficits and, of course, treatment as itself. The main components of treatment are pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy and psychoeducational interventions aimed at people who provide care for patients. A comprehensive program of medical and psychological rehabilitation developed for patients with dementia includes the following components: pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, psychoeducation (for patients and their relatives), psychological training (training of communicative, cognitive, social skills). As shown by analysis of the effectiveness of proposed program of medical and psychological rehabilitation of patients with dementia, after 1.5 years of catamnestic observation, against the background of using the program, stabilization of the emotional state of patients with dementia and their relatives, a decrease in the level of neuropsychological tension, and an improvement in the cognitive status of patients were noted. The level of socio-psychological adaptation increased, it was possible to preserve social and household skills, and they were able to switch to the use of adaptive coping strategies in patients with dementia and their family members. Keywords: relatives, rehabilitation, maladaptive behavior, emotional disorders.
In the last decade, dementia has been recognized as one of the four major medical and social problems of modern humanity. This is explained by the fact that the number of old and elderly people is steadily growing every year. This population is prone to both the development of the disease itself and to increase the duration of the disease. This contingent also has a large number of people with disabilities. A comprehensive clinical, psychopathological and psychodiagnostic examination of 97 relatives of patients with dementia (56 women and 41 men) was conducted. Against the background of the psychoeducational program in the families of patients there was a positive dynamics of family functioning — the predominance of adequate attitude of relatives to the disease. There was a high level of family support, which was characterized by a positive attitude of family members to the need and opportunity for emotional and social support of the patient, willingness to cooperate and constructively solve new problems in everyday life, recognizing the limits of their capabilities without illusions and unjustified expectations.
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