Abstract:
This descriptive research aim to study care needs in older person with early, moderate and late stage dementia. The conceptual framework of this research based on concept care need in dementia of McWalter (1994). The participants consisted of 160 people with dementia from OPD department of 4 hospitals that diagnosis with dementia. The research screening instruments were Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE-T 2002), Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) and Care Needs Assessment In Dementia. Validated by 5 experts,yielding CVI .87 and α reliability .97. The data analysis were descriptive statistics and one - way repreated ANOVA The results suggesed that 1. elderpersons with dementia were 160 cases by sex. Female 108 cases (68%) male, 52 (32%), mean age 72.5 years, between 71-80 years and 81-90 years (74%), approximately 25% of the underlying 3 disease, diabetes, hypertension and hyper lipidemia. 2. 65 persons (40.6%) were in early stage, 52 persons (32.5%) were in moderate stage and 43 persons (26.9%) were in late stage. 3. care needs as a whole, with the care needs of the community living, cognitive memory, social interaction and in care homes, on the other side there are 3 more care needs are moderate. 4. The comparison between elderly care needs, and 3 appear to have an average term care needs care home of patients with early-stage group than the late stage group p < . 05.