Freedom and loneliness: dementia caregiver experiences of the nursing home transition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the transition to nursing home care has previously been linked to negative outcomes for spousal caregivers of persons with dementia (PwD). However, little is known about the experience or trajectory of loneliness in spousal caregivers during this time.

Objectives

to explore experiences of loneliness in caregivers during the nursing home admission of their spouse or partner with dementia.

Methods

semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 individuals living in Ireland between Oct 2020 and June 2021, who were married to/partnered with a PwD who had, in the past 7 years, moved to full-time nursing home care. Data were collected and analysed using a deductive qualitative analytic strategy in the grounded theory tradition.

Results

data were interpr

SUBMITTER: Holton E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019853 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature