The Lived Experiences of Israeli Arab Moslems Who are Caring for a Relative with Cognitive Decline
| Autor: | Vered Schwartz, Ronit D. Leichtentritt, Kathryn D. Rettig |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Aging media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Interpersonal communication Senile dementia Islam Developmental psychology Interviews as Topic Politics Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Israel Cognitive decline Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Motivation Lived experience 05 social sciences Middle Aged Viewpoints Arabs Caregivers 050902 family studies Female 0509 other social sciences Geriatrics and Gerontology Cognition Disorders Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 59:363-389 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3535 0091-4150 |
| DOI: | 10.2190/yqan-6kva-7hpk-rx2c |
| Popis: | The study examined the lived experience of caring for a relative with cognitive decline. The informants were 18 Arab, Moslem caregivers living in rural communities in Northern Israel who participated in personal interviews. The transcripts were analyzed using the hermeneutic phenomenological approach to the study of human behavior (van Manen, 1998). The results clarified how social location affects caregiving perceptions, decisions, and actions. The portrayed experiences were complex and involved the dimensions of life, including individuals, family-neighbors, and social-political environments. The holistic overview of the transcripts indicated the inseparable political and personal influences on perceptions of caregivers, a conflict of old and new social viewpoints, the absence of one main caregiver for the divided duties of several family members, and the lack of scientific information about the condition of the relative. Several motivations for caregiving were documented and examples of personal, interpersonal, and community resources were provided. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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