Family Caregivers' Management of Behavioral Expressions of Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Behavioral expressions of dementia are often stressful for family caregivers to manage as they strive to ensure their relative's needs are met. Guided by Lazarus and Folkman's Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, we identified specific behaviors that disrupt daily routines and challenge the achievement of caregiving goals, and the approaches and strategies caregivers employ to address them.

Research design and methods

We conducted semistructured interviews with 30 family caregivers in rural Appalachia caring for a relative living with dementia. Analysis involved use of open and focused coding processes to identify the ways caregivers managed behaviors and bar graphs to examine management approaches relative to categories of behaviors and caregi

SUBMITTER: Roberto KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11127109 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature