Gradually losing one’s foothold – A fragmented existence when living alone with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-163

  Svanström, Rune ^a   Sundler, Annelie Johansson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dementia; existential; experiences; lifeworld; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; MALE; NARRATION;

EID: 84925234307     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213494510     Document Type: Article

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