| 90 between healthcare providers and accessible information sources as well as designing information specifically for people with dementia. Information and access to information are often seen as a gateway to increasing or maintaining quality of life and confidence in their ability to live well with dementia. Despite moderately satisfactory rates of information after diagnosis, most people with dementia and informal caregivers expressed a lack of strategies to live a positive life. It is worth noting that less than half of informal caregivers are confident in their caregiving skills and fewer informal caregivers are confident in their abilities to handle dementia-related challenges. These findings tie into the low number of people who received a care plan to plan their future or manage dementia. Providing people with strategies to live a positive life with dementia and a care plan could potentially increase their confidence in their ability to handle dementia or live a positive life. Our findings reinforce Quinn and Toms (31) notion that early-stage support for informal caregivers is needed to help develop a more positive experience of caregiving, improve psychological health and prepare for future challenges, which may ultimately increase well-being. Positive health, including social health, can assist in promoting a more positive view of dementia and caregiving (32). We demonstrate that people with dementia and informal caregivers differ in their experiences of support despite their overall satisfaction being rather similar. People with dementia tend to be more satisfied with information and advice and have greater confidence in their ability to live well with dementia while informal caregivers report better health literacy and satisfaction with access to care. This suggests that if we want to improve their respective experience of support, different aspects should be targeted for people with dementia and informal caregivers. People with dementia sometimes selfstigmatize in the early stages of dementia, making it harder to actively seek support due to fear of being stigmatized (33). These findings suggest that people with dementia need to be empowered to ask for help and the provision of information on support should be tailored to people with dementia. However, more research is needed to elaborate on these initial findings. Compared to people with dementia, informal caregivers are less satisfied with information and advice and are less confident in their ability to live well with dementia. Additionally, informal caregivers’ confidence in their ability to live well with dementia is not associated with overall support satisfaction.
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