Percepción del cuidador informal en el adulto mayor con demencia senil

Abstract

Introduction: It is mentioned that dementia in older adults is characterized by the progressive loss of memory, thinking, speaking, and understanding that tend to affect the ability to communicate and carry out daily activities, this in turn is common changes in personality and behavior, since this pathology is a neurodegenerative disease of multifactorial origin, which is characterized by a progressive, progressive and permanent loss of intellectual functions. Objective: Determine the perception of informal care in older adults with senile dementia. Methods: The research design is non-experimental, observational of a descriptive type, where intentional sampling was used with the participation of 100 older adults from the Piñas canton and the application of a 22-question survey. Results: It can be seen that within the surveys applied, 59% of the users surveyed were female, which means that older adults were diagnosed with senile dementia from 1 to 3 years old, where 64% live with their grandchildren. which sometimes maintain communication, in turn the older adults do not present any pathology other than obesity with a total of 43% where 24% tend to forget things with little ease, 63% of the older adults surveyed do not need help to carry out their activities since they do them on their own, 56% have not presented depression and anxiety but it is worth mentioning that those who have wanted to make an attempt on their life, 26% only present excessive crying, 64% do not bathe frequently which 49% do not present any risk of falling. Conclusion: Currently, senile dementia is considered a health problem and increases life expectancy in Ecuador, this in turn will continue to be a problem for the appearance of the disease.