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Strain in nursing care of people with dementia — nurses' experience in Australia, Sweden and United Kingdom
Author(s)	Anna-Karin Edberg, Mike Bird, David A Richards
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 2, March 2008
Publisher	Taylor & Francis, March 2008
Pages	pp 236-243
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Stress ; Nurses ; Nursing homes ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden ; United Kingdom ; Australia.
Annotation	Focus groups were held with 15 nurses in Sweden, Australia and the UK caring for people with dementia. The discussions were tape-recorded and analysed using qualitative content analysis. The nurses described the complexity of their situation and referred to environmental factors such as "the system", community attitudes, other staff, residents' family members and also their own family. With regard to caring for people with dementia, three main sources of strain could be identified: being unable to reach; trying to protect; and having to balance competing needs. The nurses' experience could be understood as a desire to do the best for the people in their care by trying to alleviate their suffering and hence their quality of life. When they did not have the resources, opportunity or ability to do this, it caused strain. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080512209 A
Classmark	QNH: QTE: LHB: 3DP: 76P: 8: 7YA
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