Factors related to the burden of long-term care for families using home-visit rehabilitation: Focusing on the depression of the care recipient

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the depression of the care recipient and the care burden of the caregiver for home-visit rehabilitation users. We investigated the basic information of the care recipient, the degree of depression, cognitive function, the degree of ADL independence, the expansion of the living space, and the basic information of the caregiver, and examined the relationship with the care-giving burden. Through multiple regression analysis, the high degree of depression of the long-term care recipient and the low degree of independence of defecation management were extracted as important factors for the care-giving burden, and interventions for reducing the care-giving burden were performed by the long-term care recipient. The results indicate that it is important to consider the depression of the care recipient.