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"How can they tell?"
— a qualitative study of the views of younger people about their dementia and dementia care services | | Author(s) | Angela Beattie, Gavin Daker-White, Jane Gilliard |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 12, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 359-368 |
| Source | www.blackwellpublishing.com/hsc |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Young elderly ; Middle aged ; Needs [elderly] ; Qualitative Studies ; South West England. |
| Annotation | There is growing interest in eliciting the views of younger people with dementia (i.e. those aged under 65) within health and social care research. The often erroneous view that these individuals are not capable of expressing their views and experiences has now been seriously challenged. This paper draws on the findings from 14 qualitative in-depth interviews with younger people with dementia conducted in South-west England, and considers some of the issues involved in interviewing people with dementia. Purposive and snowballing techniques were used to recruit participants. Data were transcribed and subjected to comparative textual analysis to index, code and analyse the data for emergent themes. Four major themes emerged: the general experience of having dementia; dementia diagnosis; the importance of age; and risk and danger issues. Results indicate that most of the participants were articulate and insightful about their experiences and needs. The paper concludes by arguing that the challenges for health and social care professionals is to engage with and consult such individuals about their experiences and what they want from dementia care services. The authors consider some of the issues involved in interviewing people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040816215 A |
| Classmark | EA: BBA: SE: IK: 3DP: 82Y |
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