Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient.
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Gwyther, LP
Published in: Gerontologist
October 1990
Conflicts surrounding separation-individuation issues may affect decision making and reluctance to use available help among older spouse caregivers for Alzheimer's patients. This paper describes an intermittent, focused social work intervention to help overcome personal and intrapsychic barriers to using available help. Therapeutic goals, common themes, and implications for practice with caregiving wives are discussed, with specific attention to supporting the wife in her wish to "responsibly finish" rather than separate from a marital bond.
Duke Scholars
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Gerontologist
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ISSN
0016-9013
Publication Date
October 1990
Volume
30
Issue
5
Start / End Page
698 / 702
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Social Work
- Individuation
- Humans
- Home Nursing
- Gerontology
- Female
- Anxiety, Separation
- Alzheimer Disease
- Aged
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Gwyther, L. P. (1990). Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient. Gerontologist, 30(5), 698–702. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/30.5.698
Gwyther, L. P. “Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient.” Gerontologist 30, no. 5 (October 1990): 698–702. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/30.5.698.
Gwyther LP. Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient. Gerontologist. 1990 Oct;30(5):698–702.
Gwyther, L. P. “Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient.” Gerontologist, vol. 30, no. 5, Oct. 1990, pp. 698–702. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geront/30.5.698.
Gwyther LP. Letting go: separation-individuation in a wife of an Alzheimer's patient. Gerontologist. 1990 Oct;30(5):698–702.
Published In
Gerontologist
DOI
ISSN
0016-9013
Publication Date
October 1990
Volume
30
Issue
5
Start / End Page
698 / 702
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Social Work
- Individuation
- Humans
- Home Nursing
- Gerontology
- Female
- Anxiety, Separation
- Alzheimer Disease
- Aged
- 1103 Clinical Sciences