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A NEW STUDY has found that close to two out of every five people caring for a spouse with dementia suffer from some form of clinically significant depression.
The study also found that another 40% of carers reported levels of depressive symptoms which were not clinically significant.
De-Stress: A Study to assess the health and wellbeing of spousal caters of people with dementia in Ireland, was launched yesterday at Trinity College Dublin.
It is the largest study undertaken in Ireland to examine the health and wellbeing of people caring for their spouse with dementia.
TCD researchers identified a number of areas of concern for carers. It explored the amount of stress faced by carers of people with dementia and the impact caring has on their lives.
The study found that nearly of all carers in the study spent all of their waking time looking after their spouse. A total of 15% of those surveyed said they had given up their jobs to care.
Most carers (79%) said that they themselves provided the vast majority of care for their spouse.
In terms of positive aspects, carers in general found that they appreciated life more and felt needed and useful. The majority said that they felt they had no choice in taking on the role of spousal carer but took it on willingly.
There are currently in the region of 55,000 people living with dementia in Ireland. This number is set to double over the next 20 years.
The majority of people with dementia (63%) live at home in the community. Over 180,000 people in Ireland are currently or have been carers for their family member or partner with dementia.
Commenting on the findings of the study, Professor Sabina Brennan, director of the NEIL Memory Research Unit at TCD said carers were not adequately supported in their role.
“Carers are an invaluable resource, but sadly they are not adequately supported in their role and consequently their health may be affected,” she said.
If we are serious about supporting people to live well and die in their chosen setting then we need to invest in quality services to support both carers and those being cared for.
The study interacted with of 200 people in Ireland who cared for their spouse with dementia.
You can view the full study here
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Good product. Well done to them.
Brilliant good news story. Well done. Great to see you bringing the jobs back to dublin. Don’t be minding the begrudgers!
Ha. A unicorn that’s (last line) “trending aggressively to becoming a profitable company”!
@Adrian: only applies to the definition of its valuation not its profitability
@Adrian: Twitter has been around over 15 years and still hasn’t posted a profit. Profitability in Tech is not as important as in traditional businesses
@ForeverFeel1ng: You’re joking right? Twitter surviving for 15 years without making a profit hints that it’s being kept afloat for other reasons, just like loss making newspapers.
@ForeverFeel1ng: Said no investor ever. Twitter is being kept afloat like a newspaper making losses: it’s a great propaganda and political agitation tool.
Intercom, isn’t that a communication device used in shopping centres. A mic and a speaker. The simple things, eh! Wish I thought of it.
@Paddy O Sullivan: That’s a tannoy.
Very interesting and innovative business model!
Finally, a powerful, scalable, efficient, growth supporting, and cost effective management tool / business platform capable of capturing and pulling together all channels of communications between likely participators in the global marketplace seeking the particular product or service and the firm offering same.
Early days, but with 25,000 customers already contributing $50 mil in annual Revenues, outlook is excellent for Intercom. Tenfold increase in customer base is a distinct possibility, which would comfortably justify existing valuations mentioned. Clearly, with $241 m invested already, someone has lots of faith!
Congratulations to all concerned!
And btw what is it? A messaging service wow, probably a advanced data collection service. That’s were the money is, apparently. Well done Irish guys! You’ve sold your soul for a few bob.
@Paddy O Sullivan: Jesus you’re some begrudger. They’re making money and putting Ireland on the tech map globally. Selling their souls? Would you rather them be on the dole? They’re working.
@Paddy O Sullivan: Close…but no cigar. It is customer service software actually with plenty of uses. Instead of whinging about it familiarise yourself with the company and the software it provides
I’m a bit uncomfortable with these valuations on, thus far, unprofitable companies.
The FAANG companies are already responsible for a huge proportion of market valuations. I hope we’re not heading for another dotcom bubble.
I wouldn’t be investing in them, they are swelled with VC money, $50mil Revenue is peanuts and VC money will need to be paid back sometime. Their product is essentially a chatbox which is tiresome for website visitors and very expensive compared to free alternatives (Drift etc)
They will be bust in a couple of years, big valuation comes with a price… But hopefully they will make a lot of moneys for them self’s.
This is the type of homegrown success and entrepnurial spirit we need to foster.
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