如何改善失智症患者的居家照顧

How to Improve Dementia Patients' Home Care

失智症是老年人口中常被關注的疾病，尤其年齡越大患病的機率越高。在其\智病演化過程中，會出現自我照顧能力退化及問題行為產生，失智症患者的主要照顧者通常是家屬，他們在居家照顧中會面臨到極大的壓力與挑戰，如果無法克服將導致機構化。本文主要針對失知症家屬的照顧候技巧訓練（日常生活技巧訓練、問題行為的處理技巧）及社會支持系統作判紹，以了解這些方式對家屬有多大的助益，期望往後發展失智症家屬的支持網絡時，能朝向更完整、更多元化的方向進行。

Dementia is a concern among the elderly, as the incidence of dementia increases with age. In the progress of dementia, symptoms including regression of self-care ability and problem behaviors are presented. Major caregivers of dementia patients are family members, who face severe stress and challenges in home care. Dementia patients will be institutionalized if caregivers cannot overcome these problems. The themes of this article are focused on caregivers' training and social support, and on helping families understand how to deal with care problems. The aim is to make the support network for dementia patients' families more complete and diverse in the future.