Finding Meaning: An Alternative Paradigm for Alzheimer's Disease Family Caregivers

Theoretical formulations of stress and coping, family systems, crisis intervention, and loss and grief have inadequately explained how persons might grow and find meaning through their caregiving experiences. An existential theoretical framework guided the data interpretation in a qualitative study...

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Published in:The Gerontologist 1991-08, Vol.31 (4), p.483-489
Main Authors: Farran, Carol J., Keane-Hagerty, Eleanora, Salloway, Sandra, Kupferer, Sylvia, Wilken, Carolyn S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Alzheimer Disease - therapy
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimers Disease
Dementia caregivers
Existentialism
Family
Family Caregivers
Female
Finding meaning
Home health care
Home Nursing - psychology
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Philosophy
Qualitative research
Suffering
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Summary:Theoretical formulations of stress and coping, family systems, crisis intervention, and loss and grief have inadequately explained how persons might grow and find meaning through their caregiving experiences. An existential theoretical framework guided the data interpretation in a qualitative study of 94 dementia family caregivers. Results suggest that an existential framework provides an alternative paradigm for understanding the caregiving experience.
ISSN:0016-9013
1758-5341
DOI:10.1093/geront/31.4.483