Experiences of family care givers of dementia patients seeking care at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
| dc.contributor.author | Adjei, Gyimah Akwasi | |
| dc.contributor.author | ||
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-21T14:19:29Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-19T04:53:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-21T14:19:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-19T04:53:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | JUNE, 2019 | |
| dc.description | A thesis submitted to the Department of Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in fulfillment of partial requirement for the Degree of Master of, Philosophy in Disability, Rehabilitation and Development. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Psychosocial disabilities affect various people worldwide. Dementia which is synonymous to ageing affects all, irrespective of social status. Dementia poses a threat to the individual and nation in all, as the cost of caring is exceedingly huge. This study examines the experiences of family caregivers of dementia patients, the support services available to them as caregivers and the coping strategies they employed while under stress from the care giving duties. The study employed phenomenological design using a qualitative method. Purposive and availability sampling techniques were used to select 18 participants for the study. In-depth interviews were conducted with the participants at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data was analysed using interpretive phenomenological analysis. This study has demonstrated that family caregivers of dementia patients go through a lot of challenges and do not meet their daily needs that would make life and caring easy for them. The challenges reported were in forms of health, social, economic and psychological challenges. These challenges coupled with their needs made caregiving very difficult. Also, positive reappraisal was the most used coping strategy employed by some of the caregivers when under stress. Again, there was no government or nongovernment support services available to them as caregivers but the support services they needed as family caregivers was in the form of financial and psychological support. It was recommended that there should be a rethinking of how caregiving is constructed in Ghana, their health and well-being of caregivers should be a paramount aspect of patient well-being as stipulated in the Ghana Mental Health Act. This will help achieve the united nations Convention on the Rights of Person with Disability,vi who stipulates the well-being of caregivers is paramount in their convention and ensuring Ghana meeting the Sustainable Development Goal 3 of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages by 2030 | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | KNUST | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.knust.edu.gh/handle/123456789/14462 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dementia Patients | en_US |
| dc.subject | Family | en_US |
| dc.subject | Care Givers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). | en_US |
| dc.title | Experiences of family care givers of dementia patients seeking care at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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