The experience of providing care in the early stages of dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-778

  Quinn, Catherine ^a   Clare, Linda ^a   Pearce, Alison ^b   Van Dijkhuizen, Michael ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Coping; Qualitative; Subjective experience; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMPREHENSION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56749185218     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802380623     Document Type: Article

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