| 83 4 Overall satisfaction with support Fifty-three people with dementia (69%) and 177 informal caregivers (67%) indicated that support after the dementia diagnosis helped them deal more efficiently with their concerns. Few people with dementia (22%) and informal caregivers (35%) indicated they received a care plan. People with dementia and informal caregivers did not significantly differ with respect to their overall satisfaction with support and having a care plan. Post-hoc analysis comparing people with young-onset dementia against those with late-onset dementia showed no significant difference in their respective experiences of support (Appendix D). Satisfaction with information and advice Figure 1 displays information on satisfaction with information and advice. People with dementia and informal caregivers were most often satisfied with information provided about the diagnosis and least often satisfied with strategies provided on how to live a positive life with dementia. People with dementia and informal caregivers differed significantly in their satisfaction with information provided about dementia (χ(2)=15.84 p<.001) and satisfaction with information about the future with dementia (χ(2)=9.83 p=.007), with descriptive statistics indicating people with dementia were more often satisfied than informal caregivers. A descriptive comparison revealed that people with dementia who find support helpful more often reported a higher degree of satisfaction with information and advice. For informal caregivers, overall support satisfaction was associated with satisfaction with information on the diagnosis (χ(2)=25.31, p<.001), information on the future of their loved one (χ(2)=29.89, p<.001), information on management of dementia (χ(2)=39.49, p<.001), the offering of strategies to live a positive life with dementia (χ(2)=14.36, p<.001), advice about dementia-related challenges (χ(2)=52.02, p<.001), and advice on managing dementia-related behaviour (χ(2)=44.50, p<.001), with descriptive statistics indicating that informal caregivers who said support was helpful were more often satisfied with the available information and advice.
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