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| Lay perceptions regarding the competence of persons with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Perla Werner |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 7, July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 674-680 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Dementia ; Competence ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 206 Jewish Israeli adults (mean age 59.7) using an experimental vignette methodology, varying in the severity of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Participants were requested to rate the competence of the person described in the vignette in the areas of driving, health decision-making, financial decisions, and the performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The study found that lay persons are able to make a distinction between different types of competence and that their perceptions about competence affect greatly their behavioural discrimination towards a person with AD. These findings stress the importance of clarifying the concept of competence among the lay public, in order to reduce the stigmatisation of people with AD. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060809211 A |
| Classmark | DP: EA: DPB: 3F: 7H6 |
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