Caregiver Burden and Subjective Well-Being of Caregiver of Person with Dementia: A Comprehensive Review

Mita Chatterjee, Dr. Irom Shirly

Abstract: Dementia is a form of cognitive impairment which impacts a person?s thinking, reasoning, understanding skills and interferes with their daily activities and thus, this syndrome requires high level of care, which are provided by family members in most cases. It is recollected that the person having dementia shows various types of neuropsychiatric symptoms like, agitation, depression, delusions, hallucinations, sleep impairment etc. This leads to the caregiver?s burden, stress, anxiety and depression. The main objective of this review is to recognize the necessities of the caregiver living in the same home as the person with dementia and the factors leading to the caregiver burden, factors responsible for poor subjective well-being and also to investigate the measures to improve their quality of life. After reviewing the local and international literature, use of World Health Organization (WHO) official publications, the common factors observed are: (1) deterioration of the relationship between the caregiver and the person with dementia; (2) adequate information and support required for the caregiver and; (3) realizing the burdens the caregiver faces and the need for their subjective well-being. It is also noted that the ratio of caregivers who felt burdened for looking after a person with dementia and the caregivers who did not is 37:13. When caregivers gradually lose their relationship with the person with dementia, they start craving social contact outside the family especially with persons in an identical situation. This review shows the importance of the caregiver to seek supportive psychotherapy and professional help which minimizes their burden and improve their quality of life.

Keywords: Neuropsychiatric symptoms, Caregiver burden, Depression, Subjective well-being, Supportive psychotherapy, Quality of life

How to Cite?: Mita Chatterjee, Dr. Irom Shirly, "Caregiver Burden and Subjective Well-Being of Caregiver of Person with Dementia: A Comprehensive Review", Volume 14 Issue 8, August 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1721-1725, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25829184543, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR25829184543