Community support for caring relatives of people with dementia: qualitative analysis using the Theoretical Domains Framework.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Although caring relatives of people with dementia are a mainstay of many care systems, the availability of support services for them within the municipal community shows deficiencies. Adopting the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) this study aims to investigate 1) which of the TDF domains adapted to gerontology show up in public dialogue, and 2) the results that public dialogues produce in terms of support services for caring relatives.

Subject and methods

The data consists of town hall meetings and focus groups from 14 municipal communities in Germany. Participants were caring relatives and stakeholders of the communities. A qualitative content analysis was conducted, focusing on the assessment of three TDF domains, namely knowledge, goals, and sociopolitica

SUBMITTER: Wittek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature