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Selfhood in younger onset dementia
— transitions and testimonies | | Author(s) | Phyllis Braudy Harris, John Keady |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 13, no 3, May 2009 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, May 2009 |
| Pages | pp 437-444 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Early ; Personality ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; United States of America ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Younger people with dementia and their carers are an overlooked population for research, policy and practice attention. In this study, data were collected from both the United States and the UK in order to explore the meaning and construction of selfhood and identity. The US data collection comprised in-depth interviews with 23 people diagnosed with younger-onset dementia, while the UK data collection comprised 15 face-to-face interviews with younger carers of younger people with dementia. All carers were of had been caring for a younger person with dementia diagnosed through DSM-IV criteria. A grounded theory analysis of the data resulted in the emergence of five themes to explain the interview data: identity as a worker; identity of abandoned individual; sexual identity; family identity; and identity as an individual engaged in living. Additional research is necessary to further develop the attributes and application of these identity profiles. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090728219 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4J: DK: DA: 4C: 7T: 8 |
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