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E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review
BACKGROUND: Present demographic trends show a considerable rise in elderly populations with aging disorders, such as dementia. The current article focused on the exploitation of e-learning as an informal support for caregivers of people with dementia and considered its benefits and limitations to pr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31676005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4641-9 |
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author | Klimova, Blanka Valis, Martin Kuca, Kamil Masopust, Jiri |
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description | BACKGROUND: Present demographic trends show a considerable rise in elderly populations with aging disorders, such as dementia. The current article focused on the exploitation of e-learning as an informal support for caregivers of people with dementia and considered its benefits and limitations to provide proper and relevant care for this target group of people as well as maintain the quality of life of their caregivers. METHODS: The methodology of this study is based on a literature review of accessible peer-review articles from three recognized databases: Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. The findings of the selected studies were compared and evaluated. RESULTS: The findings showed that e-learning educational programs/courses helped caregivers feel more confident about dementia care, reduced their perceived stress and enhanced their feelings of empathy, understanding and concern. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study reveal that the exploitation of e-learning as a support tool, especially for informal caregivers, in the management of dementia may be a promising method, but its implementation requires professional training of informal caregivers in the use of this technology. More evidence-based studies are needed on this topic. |
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spelling | pubmed-68240082019-11-06 E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review Klimova, Blanka Valis, Martin Kuca, Kamil Masopust, Jiri BMC Health Serv Res Research Article BACKGROUND: Present demographic trends show a considerable rise in elderly populations with aging disorders, such as dementia. The current article focused on the exploitation of e-learning as an informal support for caregivers of people with dementia and considered its benefits and limitations to provide proper and relevant care for this target group of people as well as maintain the quality of life of their caregivers. METHODS: The methodology of this study is based on a literature review of accessible peer-review articles from three recognized databases: Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed. The findings of the selected studies were compared and evaluated. RESULTS: The findings showed that e-learning educational programs/courses helped caregivers feel more confident about dementia care, reduced their perceived stress and enhanced their feelings of empathy, understanding and concern. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study reveal that the exploitation of e-learning as a support tool, especially for informal caregivers, in the management of dementia may be a promising method, but its implementation requires professional training of informal caregivers in the use of this technology. More evidence-based studies are needed on this topic. BioMed Central 2019-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6824008/ /pubmed/31676005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4641-9 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Klimova, Blanka Valis, Martin Kuca, Kamil Masopust, Jiri E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title | E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title_full | E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title_fullStr | E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title_full_unstemmed | E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title_short | E-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – A systematic review |
title_sort | e-learning as valuable caregivers’ support for people with dementia – a systematic review |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31676005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4641-9 |
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