Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia
Older family carers of people with dementia represent an increasing but overlooked population of family carers. This research aimed to explore how these individuals make sense of their own quality of life and to identify the factors that enhance or compromise this. Four focus groups were conducted i...
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| author | Oliveira, Deborah Vass, Catherine D. Aubeeluck, Aimee |
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| description | Older family carers of people with dementia represent an increasing but overlooked population of family carers. This research aimed to explore how these individuals make sense of their own quality of life and to identify the factors that enhance or compromise this. Four focus groups were conducted in 2014 with 19 older family carers in community-based support groups in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Data was transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Thirty-three subthemes emerged and were collated into three superordinate themes: 1) aspects of care and caregiving, 2) feelings and concerns, and 3) satisfaction with life and caregiving. This study identified a broad range of aspects that are of particular importance to the QoL of older family carers of people with dementia. These findings are expected to inform future research as well as health and social care providers with the aim of improving life quality for this population. |
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| spelling | nottingham-416612020-05-04T18:39:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41661/ Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia Oliveira, Deborah Vass, Catherine D. Aubeeluck, Aimee Older family carers of people with dementia represent an increasing but overlooked population of family carers. This research aimed to explore how these individuals make sense of their own quality of life and to identify the factors that enhance or compromise this. Four focus groups were conducted in 2014 with 19 older family carers in community-based support groups in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. Data was transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Thirty-three subthemes emerged and were collated into three superordinate themes: 1) aspects of care and caregiving, 2) feelings and concerns, and 3) satisfaction with life and caregiving. This study identified a broad range of aspects that are of particular importance to the QoL of older family carers of people with dementia. These findings are expected to inform future research as well as health and social care providers with the aim of improving life quality for this population. SAGE 2017-03-30 Article PeerReviewed Oliveira, Deborah, Vass, Catherine D. and Aubeeluck, Aimee (2017) Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia. Dementia . pp. 1-20. ISSN 1741-2684 Caregivers dementia quality of life ageing Alzheimer’s disease interpretative phenomenological analysis qualitative research focus groups http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1471301217700741 doi:10.1177/1471301217700741 doi:10.1177/1471301217700741 |
| spellingShingle | Caregivers dementia quality of life ageing Alzheimer’s disease interpretative phenomenological analysis qualitative research focus groups Oliveira, Deborah Vass, Catherine D. Aubeeluck, Aimee Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title | Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title_full | Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title_fullStr | Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title_short | Quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| title_sort | quality of life on the views of older family carers of people with dementia |
| topic | Caregivers dementia quality of life ageing Alzheimer’s disease interpretative phenomenological analysis qualitative research focus groups |
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