Improving Caregiver’s Knowledge in Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

Abstract

This article aims to develop knowledge of caregivers and provide guidelines for management for dementia patients with BPSD to be more effective. Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are neuropsychiatric symptoms. BPSD will progressively increase with the severity of dementia, which leads to thought processes, intelligence, and activities in daily living deteriorating. Due to severe symptom, dementia patients are in a state of long-term dependence and become disabled which leads to caregivers burden, which means medical personal, nurses, relatives and persons who provide care and assistance to patients at home, difficulty to take care, which causes caregivers become stressed and burdened.  When caregivers feel burdened, it affects the quality of care. If caregivers have knowledge and understanding about the factors, signs and symptoms, and management of BPSD, having a better understanding of dementia patients. it will reduce feelings of burden, alleviate various rising problems.