Informal caregivers and persons with dementia’s everyday life coping

This qualitative study explores informal caregivers’ experiences of supporting persons with dementia’s everyday life coping. In the future, there will be fewer health personnel, increased dementia prevalence and limited nursing home availability. Accordingly, close relatives may be compelled to assu...

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Published in:Health psychology open 2021, Vol.8 (1), p.20551029211000954-20551029211000954
Main Authors: Nordtug, Bente, Malmedal, Wenche K, Alnes, Rigmor Einang, Blindheim, Kari, Steinsheim, Gunn, Moe, Aud
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Coping
Dementia
Everyday life
Home health care
Informal care
Nursing homes
Qualitative research
Relatives
Report of Empirical Study
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Summary:This qualitative study explores informal caregivers’ experiences of supporting persons with dementia’s everyday life coping. In the future, there will be fewer health personnel, increased dementia prevalence and limited nursing home availability. Accordingly, close relatives may be compelled to assume greater care responsibilities. Knowledge concerning persons with dementia’s everyday coping from the perspective of informal caregivers remains insufficient, despite these people’s importance for those with dementia. This investigation analyses informal caregivers’ perceived challenges and pleasures in providing care, how home health care affects everyday life coping and the factors that are most important to informal caregivers in supporting care receivers.
ISSN:2055-1029
2055-1029
DOI:10.1177/20551029211000954