Role transition in comorbidity management: a qualitative study of dementia home care trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coexistence of comorbidities is quite common for people living with dementia. Dementia-related symptoms pose challenges for comorbidity management. Nevertheless, our understanding of the comorbidity management process for people living with dementia is rather limited. The aim of this study was to understand the experience of comorbidity management in people living with dementia and to explore the home care trajectories of comorbidity management guided by transition theory.

Methods

Qualitative methods based on reflexive thematic analysis were employed. A combination of purposive sampling and maximum variation sampling methods was used, and 18 family caregivers and 8 individuals with dementia were recruited. Semistructured interviews were conducted at a memory c

SUBMITTER: Ma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12849186 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature