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Maria Söderberg. Foto: Okänd

Maria Söderberg

Docent | Universitetslektor

Maria Söderberg. Foto: Okänd

Dignity as a guiding principle for family care partners in the care of an old relative with dementia

Författare

  • Maria Söderberg
  • Agneta Ståhl
  • Ulla Melin Emilsson

Summary, in English

Aim: There is a growing number of older people (65+) with dementia, and many family care partners are involved in making help-seeking choices. The aim of this study was to reveal how family care partners with an old relative with dementia proceed in the name of dignity in their desire to secure the best care possible while still maintaining their own dignity. Methods: Data were collected in 2009–2010 in open semi-structured interviews and follow-up contacts with seven family care partners with an old relative with dementia on 14 occasions. From this collected data and for this study, a design based on patterns labelled archetypes was chosen to permit an in-depth data analysis. Results: In the analysis, three archetypes emerged, emanating from three specific family care partners. A prominent feature in the findings was that the dignity of an old relative with dementia was hard to separate from the dignity as a family care partner, which gave rise to their need to express accounts in terms of excuses and justifications. Conclusion: This study provides an important insight into the connection between different elements of dignity and it contributes to explain the complexity behind family care partners’ decisions in the care of an old relative with dementia. This multifaceted meaning of dignity needs more attention for a better understanding and thereby implementation in practice and in the follow-up of policy for older people.

Avdelning/ar

  • Trafik och väg
  • Socialhögskolan

Publiceringsår

2020

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

87-95

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volym

34

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley-Blackwell

Ämne

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Nyckelord

  • dementia
  • elder care
  • family care

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0283-9318