Caring for a Person with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
| Autor: | Marita Kloseck, Iris Gutmanis, Jennifer Fogarty, Sarah Woolmore-Goodwin, Aleksandra Zecevic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Lifeworld
caregiving Amnesia Disease Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences amnestic mild cognitive impairment 0302 clinical medicine Adaptation Psychological medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Humans Cognitive Dysfunction 030212 general & internal medicine Situational ethics Cognitive impairment Aged General Neuroscience Lived experience Caregiver burden Middle Aged Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Caregivers lived experience phenomenology Female Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Bone and Joint Institute |
| Popis: | © SAGE Publications. While much of the literature on caregiver burden has focused on caregiving for people living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) there is little information on the experience of caring for a loved one living with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), the group most likely to convert to AD. A hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to understand the organizing principles that give experiences of being form and meaning in the lifeworld. Study findings highlight the precarious nature of caregiver role acquisition and the heterogeneity that is present among informal care providers. Specifically, the findings suggest that the wearing of multiple situational masks is required by the carer to cope with accumulated progressive losses suffered as they continually adjust to their new and evolving carer identity. Support groups specific to the carers of those living with aMCI are needed in an effort to remove these masks and to validate this unique caregiving experience. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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