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Self and next of kin's assessment of personality and sense of coherence in elderly people — implications for dementia care
Author(s)	Goran Holst, Mikael Rennemark, Ingalill R Hallberg
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 11, no 1, January 2012
Pages	pp 19-30
Source	http://dem.sagepub.com/
Keywords	Dementia ; The Family ; Family care ; Personality ; Behaviour ; Evaluation.
Annotation	The best people able to understand the behaviour of individuals with severe dementia are usually close family members, rather than the nurses who care for them. This study evaluated the inter-rater agreement between healthy older people's self-assessment and the assessment made by a next of kin concerning personality and sense of coherence. Participants included 154 individuals from Sweden. Findings revealed a high or moderate agreement in ratings, showing that, in general, a close relative was able to report on the personality of a next of kin. The agreement was high on coherence and extraversion and lower on neuroticism. For neuroticism, length of time in the relationship increased the odds for a good inter-rater agreement. The authors conclude that next of kin provided reliable information and could therefore aid nurses in the care of older people with dementia. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-120626001 A
Classmark	EA: SJ: P6:SJ: DK: DM: 4C
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