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| Health care decision-making of persons with dementia | | Author(s) | Sara Horton-Deutsch, Prudence Twigg, Rebecca Evans |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 6, no 1, February 2007 |
| Pages | pp 105-120 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Rights [elderly] ; Health services ; Attitude ; The Family ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This descriptive study examined the health care decision-making (HCDM) process of 20 community dwelling care receivers (CR) with mild to moderate dementia and their family caregivers (CG). Semi-structured interviews with the CR, focusing on their HCDM experiences took place. Additional data were obtained from the quantitative portion of the larger study. Major factors in the HCDM of the CRs were: symptoms, resources, function, trust in the health care system, and reliance on family. Poor congruence between CR and CG choices on treatment was analysed in light of the qualitative findings. It was found that older adults with mild to moderate dementia can participate in the HCDM process, make choices, and provide reasonable explanations for their choices. It was concluded that disagreement on treatment choices in family dyads may be more fully explained by using a human needs-based model, as opposed to attributing care receivers' choices to cognitive status alone. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070510210 A |
| Classmark | EA: IKR: L: DP: SJ: 3F: 7T |
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