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| Decision-making involvement of individuals with dementia | | Author(s) | Heather L Menne, Carol J Whitlatch |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 47, no 6, December 2007 |
| Pages | pp 810-819 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Rights [elderly] ; Participation ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research underscores how autonomy and decision-making involvement may help to enhance older people's quality of life. However, individuals with dementia are often excluded from decision-making that is related to their daily functioning. The authors used a modified version of the Stress Process Model to consider the stress processes of individuals with chronic illness; and in particular to explore the predictors of decision-making involvement for 215 individuals with dementia and family caregiver dyads, for which hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used. Results indicate that individuals who report more decision-making involvement are younger, female, have more education, have a non-spouse caregiver, have fewer months since diagnosis, exhibit fewer problems with activities of daily living (ADLs) and fewer depressive symptoms (based on caregiver report), and place more importance on autonomy / self-identity. The authors discuss the importance of autonomy and impairment levels for understanding the decision-making involvement of people with dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080326209 A |
| Classmark | EA: IKR: TMB: 3F: 7T |
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