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Coping with caring — profiles of caregiving by informal carers living with a loved one who has dementia
Author(s)	Henk Kraijo, Werner Brouwer, Rob de Leeuw
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 11, no 1, January 2012
Pages	pp 113-130
Source	http://dem.sagepub.com/
Keywords	Dementia ; Informal care ; Family care ; Stress ; Attitude.
Annotation	This Dutch study investigated how caregivers living with a loved one with dementia experienced their caregiving situation. Participants included 53 carers who ranked a set of opinion statements covering a representative range of aspects of care. Findings highlighted five distinct profiles of caregiving that provided information on the various care situations that could occur, the needs and dilemmas that carers faced, and the subjective burden of the carers. The findings are hoped to contribute to the development of interventions for the support of informal caregivers. The results of this study, and a larger follow-up study, will contribute to the development of a specific, demand-driven intervention for the support of informal carers living with a person with dementia. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-120626007 A
Classmark	EA: P6: P6:SJ: QNH: DP
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