Research progress on quality of life and social support in elderly dementia patients
Dementia is a group of central nervous system degenerative diseases characterized by continuous deterioration of cogni-tive function,and has become a priority area for global public health.There is no cure for senile dementia,and exploring various phar-macological interventions and non-pharmacological interventions to improve patients'quality of life has become the focus of current dementia care.This review summarizes the concept of quality of life and social support in dementia,assessment tools,and analyzes the quality of life in dementia from demographic factors,disease-related factors and caregiver factors,exploring the relevance of quality of life and social support in patients with dementia,and put forward three suggestions:to give full play to our dementia related policy support;expanding public participation in dementia prevention and management,combining the advantages of the Internet and develo-ping telemedicine and intelligent medicine,which provides reference for medical workers to formulate targeted nursing measures to improve the level of social support and then improve the quality of life of patients.
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