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| Grandparenthood and dementia | | Author(s) | Perla Werner, Ariela Lowenstein |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 23, nos 1/2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 115-130 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Grandmothers ; Grandchildren ; Attitude ; Family relationships ; Pilot ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This pilot study examined the meaning attributed to the grandparent role by grandparents and grandchildren of healthy and demented older people. 40 community-dwelling grandparents (28 healthy and 12 diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease) and their grandchildren were interviewed about perceptions regarding aspects of the grandparent role. Less importance was attributed to the attitudinal and behavioural aspects by demented grandparents and their grandchildren. No differences were found in the symbolic and emotional aspects. Higher concordance was found between the scores reported by healthy grandparents and grandchildren than for demented grandparents and their grandchildren. Geographical closeness was associated to the meaning attributed to the role by the healthy group. Quality of the relationship was associated to higher scores in the behavioural aspect. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011121212 A |
| Classmark | EA: SW2: SW5: DP: DS:SJ: 4UC: 7T |
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