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| Lay interpretation of dementia | | Author(s) | Jenny C C Chung |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 12, no 3, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp 369-378 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Scientific and theoretical considerations of dementia have tended to overshadow the lay perspective. To get a better picture of the latter aspect, this study examined family carers' knowledge of dementia and how they made sense of the disease. Grounded theory - an inductive method - was used to analyse interview responses of 18 family carers in Hong Kong. The study revealed family carers' limited knowledge of dementia might be related to medical professionals' inadequate explanations of the multi-faceted dimensions of dementia. The development of a lay understanding of dementia was a means for family carers to gain control of this abstruse disease, and served as an adaptive strategy to cope with the loss experienced during the caring process. A definite need for health care professionals to form partnerships with family carers in order to develop good dementia care is indicated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010126213 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: DP: 3F: 7DR |
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