Table 4.

Health Literacy Attitude Needs of Informal Caregivers of Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia

desire for incontinence to be framed as a health problem more public awareness and information to reduce stigma important to feel not only one dealing with these problems when to communicate with health care provider; would appreciate health care provider to inquire about these problems first want to prepare for occurrence of these problems want “straight talk” from healthcare providers general support from health care provider for managing these problems along with other dementia problems mixed opinions about discussing problems with health care provider with care recipient present inquiries after initial one should be considerate of treatment selected and potential for improvement (e.g., if only using pads, incontinence would not improve) when to consider a nursing home and what to look for in a nursing home to manage these problems Hispanic care givers desire resource materials in Spanish