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Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder
Memory disorders have become a major public, social, and health concern among the aging population, and many of those who are affected are cared for at home by their spouse. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the individual experiences of 10 older caregivers who were looking after a s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7348844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294987 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020095 |
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author | Turjamaa, Riitta Salpakari, Johanna Koskinen, Liisa |
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description | Memory disorders have become a major public, social, and health concern among the aging population, and many of those who are affected are cared for at home by their spouse. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the individual experiences of 10 older caregivers who were looking after a spouse with a memory disorder in 2016. Data were collected from volunteers who were recruited from a memory clinic at a Finnish health center using the thematic interview method and processed using inductive content analysis. The participants were six female and four male caregivers who had been married for over 10 years. The results indicated that caring for a spouse with a memory disorder involved a number of factors. These included the impact of social networks and changes in their everyday life, collaboration with service providers, and the caregivers’ well-being. However, our study showed that caregivers felt that the formal multiprofessional services they received were fragmented, which means that they were less likely to provide a holistic approach to caregivers’ situations. Better multiprofessional cooperation is needed in the community, including services such as memory clinics, home care and practical services, day centers, and short-term respite in care homes. |
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spelling | pubmed-73488442020-07-22 Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder Turjamaa, Riitta Salpakari, Johanna Koskinen, Liisa Healthcare (Basel) Article Memory disorders have become a major public, social, and health concern among the aging population, and many of those who are affected are cared for at home by their spouse. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the individual experiences of 10 older caregivers who were looking after a spouse with a memory disorder in 2016. Data were collected from volunteers who were recruited from a memory clinic at a Finnish health center using the thematic interview method and processed using inductive content analysis. The participants were six female and four male caregivers who had been married for over 10 years. The results indicated that caring for a spouse with a memory disorder involved a number of factors. These included the impact of social networks and changes in their everyday life, collaboration with service providers, and the caregivers’ well-being. However, our study showed that caregivers felt that the formal multiprofessional services they received were fragmented, which means that they were less likely to provide a holistic approach to caregivers’ situations. Better multiprofessional cooperation is needed in the community, including services such as memory clinics, home care and practical services, day centers, and short-term respite in care homes. MDPI 2020-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7348844/ /pubmed/32294987 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020095 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Turjamaa, Riitta Salpakari, Johanna Koskinen, Liisa Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title | Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title_full | Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title_fullStr | Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title_short | Experiences of Older Spousal Caregivers for Caring a Person with a Memory Disorder |
title_sort | experiences of older spousal caregivers for caring a person with a memory disorder |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7348844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294987 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020095 |
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