Living With Dementia: A Meta-synthesis of Qualitative Research on the Lived Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the study

To identify and examine the published qualitative research evidence relative to the experience of living with dementia.

Design and methods

Metasynthesis was used as the methodological framework to guide data collection and analysis.

Results

Three themes were identified. The first theme considered the main condition-related changes experienced by people with dementia (PWD) and showed how these are interlinked and impact upon various areas of people's lives. The second theme indicated that amidst these changes, PWD strive to maintain continuity in their lives by employing various resources and coping strategies. The third theme underlined the role of contextual factors. The reviewed evidence indicates that, the emerging experience of PWD and their p

SUBMITTER: Gorska S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946830 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature