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'Making the best you can of it'
— living with early-stage Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Hazel MacRae |
| Journal title | Sociology of Health & Illness, vol 30, no 3, April 2008 |
| Pages | pp 396-412 |
| Source | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Early ; Attitude ; Adjustment ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Drawing upon data from a qualitative study of people who are in the early stage of the condition, this paper examines the meaning of Alzheimer's disease (AD). It contrasts the meaning of the disease as portrayed in popular culture with its meaning as interpreted by persons living with it. Findings show that people with the illness do not necessarily accept the negative cultural meaning of the disease, nor the helpless 'victim' role in which they are generally cast. With a determination to 'make the best of it', strategies such as humour, normalisation, present-time orientation and life review are employed to create a meaningful life. The research for this study was funded by the Alzheimer Society of Canada. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080428206 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4J: DP: DR: 3DP: 7S |
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