Coping with Dementia
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Coping with Dementia. / Sørensen, Lisbeth Villemoes; Waldorff, Frans Boch; Waldemar, Gunhild.
I: Dementia, Bind 7, Nr. 3, 2008, s. 287-299.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Coping with Dementia
AU - Sørensen, Lisbeth Villemoes
AU - Waldorff, Frans Boch
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Abstract The aim of this study was to analyse how patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cope with the changes they face concerning everyday life and social relations. This study used a grounded theory approach in the analysis of interview data from 11 persons with mild AD, home-living with a spouse. The analysis revealed that the basic social psychological problem faced by patients with mild AD was their awareness of decline in personal dignity and value. Coping strategies used to meet these problems were adaptations to the altered situation in order to maintain a feeling of well-being. The spouse appeared to be the most important social relation. The most significant worries of the patients were about communication in relation to their spouse, and about the reaction of the spouse to the consequences of the disease. Keywords coping; dementia; everyday life; patients’ perspective; social relations
AB - Abstract The aim of this study was to analyse how patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) cope with the changes they face concerning everyday life and social relations. This study used a grounded theory approach in the analysis of interview data from 11 persons with mild AD, home-living with a spouse. The analysis revealed that the basic social psychological problem faced by patients with mild AD was their awareness of decline in personal dignity and value. Coping strategies used to meet these problems were adaptations to the altered situation in order to maintain a feeling of well-being. The spouse appeared to be the most important social relation. The most significant worries of the patients were about communication in relation to their spouse, and about the reaction of the spouse to the consequences of the disease. Keywords coping; dementia; everyday life; patients’ perspective; social relations
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/1471301208093285
DO - http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.1177/1471301208093285
M3 - Journal article
VL - 7
SP - 287
EP - 299
JO - Dementia
JF - Dementia
SN - 1471-3012
IS - 3
ER -
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