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Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings.

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Wang, J; Ding, D; Wu, B
Published in: Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
January 2022

There has been a rich body of literature on informal caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD). However, little has been discussed on how to facilitate person-centered dementia care in home settings with spouses as primary caregivers. We tend to take it for granted that spouses provide person-centered care for PWD. However, being spouses of PWD and living with them for several decades does not necessarily mean that it is easier for them to provide person-centered dementia care and maintain valued and healthy relationships.The current study aimed to explore dyadic experiences of PWD and their spousal caregivers and develop a culturally and contextually-sensitive understanding of person-centered dementia care in home-based settings.A total of 20 dyads of PWD and their care partners were selected for this study. A trained qualitative interviewer conducted a one-on-one interview with each participant with dementia and their care partners separately. We adopted both conventional and directed content analyses.Our findings provide examples of care partners provide person-centered care, resulting in a profound positive impact on their wellbeing. Adaptive leadership and collaborative work emerged as a key finding in facilitating person-centered dementia care. Cultural relevancy of person-centered dementia care was also interpreted from the data. The study findings provide implications for the evolving of person-centered dementia care model in home-based settings.Findings from this study highlight the significance of facilitating person-centered dementia care in home-based settings between PWD and their primary family caregivers.

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Published In

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

DOI

EISSN

1875-8908

ISSN

1387-2877

Publication Date

January 2022

Volume

86

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1315 / 1322

Related Subject Headings

  • Spouses
  • Self Care
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Dementia
  • Caregivers
  • Aging
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Wang, J., Ding, D., & Wu, B. (2022). Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease : JAD, 86(3), 1315–1322. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-215612
Wang, Jing, Ding Ding, and Bei Wu. “Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings.Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease : JAD 86, no. 3 (January 2022): 1315–22. https://doi.org/10.3233/jad-215612.
Wang J, Ding D, Wu B. Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD. 2022 Jan;86(3):1315–22.
Wang, Jing, et al. “Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings.Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease : JAD, vol. 86, no. 3, Jan. 2022, pp. 1315–22. Epmc, doi:10.3233/jad-215612.
Wang J, Ding D, Wu B. Enhancement of Aging in Place: An Evolving Understanding of Person-Centered Dementia Care in Home Settings. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD. 2022 Jan;86(3):1315–1322.

Published In

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

DOI

EISSN

1875-8908

ISSN

1387-2877

Publication Date

January 2022

Volume

86

Issue

3

Start / End Page

1315 / 1322

Related Subject Headings

  • Spouses
  • Self Care
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Humans
  • Dementia
  • Caregivers
  • Aging
  • 5202 Biological psychology
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences