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| Rituals of visiting people with dementia in residential care | | Author(s) | Verna Schofield |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 20, no 4, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp 187-191 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Care homes ; Family care ; Longitudinal surveys ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | Visiting a family member with dementia in residential care can be an unpredictable and stressful experience, particularly in the early days of admission. In a qualitative study, 25 New Zealand family carers were interviewed on three occasions for more than a year, from shortly after their relative had entered residential care. Three carer focus groups were also undertaken. Many family carers developed forms of ritual negative visiting patterns, formalised elements to visits, symbolic caregiving, reward giving, and visit reframing. These routines helped carers manage this experience of visiting. The accounts given by family members indicate that residential staff often seemed unaware of the significance of these rituals and unknowingly discouraged them. These findings suggest that visiting involves complex processes that are insufficiently understood and their value underestimated. Strategies are discussed that help family carers to sustain their visiting practices. Further research is needed to provide guidance for family members and those working in residential care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020228213 A |
| Classmark | EA: KW: P6:SJ: 3J: 7YN |
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