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Volume 08 Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism Alzheimer's Congress 2018
May 30-31, 2018
May 30-31, 2018 Osaka, Japan
10th World Congress on
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
Exploring the concept of family caregiver’s competence for managing behavioral and psychological
symptoms of dementia
Jun-Ah Song, Ji Yeon Kim, Ji Yeon Kim and Sua Jung
Korea University College of Nursing, Republic of Korea
It is important for health professionals to teach family caregivers of persons with dementia about how to deal with Behavioral
Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) well. However, little information is available about what aspects exactly they
need to learn to be competent in managing BPSD. The purpose of this study was to explore attributes of the concept of family
caregiver’s competence for managing BPSD (CM-BPSD). A rapid realist review was conducted to synthesize the complex range
of concepts and define attributes of the family caregiver’s CM-BPSD from the comprehensive literature. Three databases were
used including MEDLINE, Embase and CINAHL. The search terms used were dementia, caregiver, coping (managing) and
competence. The selection criteria were articles being published in English between 1990 and 2017 and considered appropriate
for the topic. Among the 235 articles, 89 were excluded for duplication and six for not being written in English. From the
concept synthesis of competence for managing, four dimensions were defined: Judging, setting the direction, adjusting and
reflecting. For the concept of family caregiver’s CM-BPSD, eleven attributes were derived. Findings of this study suggest that
the concept of family caregiver’s CM-BPSD should reflect the procedural aspect. Reflecting can be considered as a meta-
competence because it may influence the other three phases of managing BPSD. A field study would be of great value to clarify
the attributes of the concept.
Biography
Jun-Ah Song has completed her PhD from University of Michigan, School of Nursing and Postdoctoral studies from Oregon Health and Sciences University. She
is a Professor of Korea University College of Nursing and an Expert Committee of the National Institute of Dementia in Korea. She has been serving as a Chief
Editor of theJournal of Korean Gerontological Nursing and an Editorial Board Member of other professional journals. She has published more than 30 papers about
caregiving issues related to dementia in reputed national and international journals.
Jun-Ah Song ., J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C4-046