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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.

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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.
Journal cover image

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