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Strategies For Sustaining Self Used By Family Caregivers For Older Adults With Dementia, Margaret J. Bull
Strategies For Sustaining Self Used By Family Caregivers For Older Adults With Dementia, Margaret J. Bull
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
The negative health consequences of caring for an older adult family member with dementia are well documented. However, not all family caregivers experience these negative health consequences. The purposes of this study were to describe strategies family caregivers use to help them continue to provide care for an older family member with dementia despite challenges and describe these family caregivers’ resilience and psychological distress. A mixed methods design was used with a narrative approach dominant and standardized scales for resilience and psychological distress used to enhance the description of the sample. Data were collected through telephone interviews with 18 family …