Social participation and family carers of people living with dementia in A ustralia

R Nay, M Bauer, D Fetherstonhaugh… - Health & Social Care …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on a study exploring the experiences and meaning of social participation
for family carers of people living with dementia. Participants were 33 family carers (17 …

Needs of people with dementia and their spousal carers: A study of those living in the community

C Morrisby, A Joosten… - Australasian journal on …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify care and support needs, as reported by people with dementia and their
spousal carers living in the community in metropolitan Western Australia. Methods An …

Establishing priorities for psychosocial supports and services among family carers of people with dementia in Ireland

Á Teahan, P Carney, S Cahill, E O'Shea - Dementia, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Many family carers, particularly those caring for people with dementia, report
significant personal and social challenges associated with caring. The aim of this article is to …

How are people with dementia involved in care-planning and decision-making? An Irish social work perspective

S Donnelly, E Begley, M O'Brien - Dementia, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, there have been national and international policy advances around capacity
and decision-making and an apparent burgeoning rights-based approach to the issue, all of …

Rural dementia carers: formal and informal sources of support

P Orpin, C Stirling, S Hetherington, A Robinson - Ageing & Society, 2014 - cambridge.org
Primary carers provide much of the day-to-day care for community-dwelling people living
with dementia (PWD). Maintaining that contribution will require a more in-depth …

Is living well with dementia a credible aspiration for spousal carers?

E Tolhurst, M Carey, B Weicht… - Health Sociology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In England there has been substantial policy development and an academic drive to
promote the goal of 'living well'for people with dementia and their family members. This …

Working with Family Carers of People with Dementia: 'Negotiated'coping as an essential outcome

M Nolan, P Ingram, R Watson - Dementia, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Supporting family carers is likely to remain at the forefront of community care policy in
dementia care for the foreseeable future. However, despite extensive research in the area …

A narrative enquiry of experienced family carers of people with dementia volunteering in a carer supporter programme

A Brooks, L Farquharson, K Burnell… - Journal of Community …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Whilst positive and negative aspects of general volunteering have been noted in the
literature, little is known about the experience of volunteering to provide peer support to …

Dementia care: intersecting informal family care and formal care systems

P Singh, R Hussain, A Khan, L Irwin… - Journal of aging …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependence amongst older people
and previous research has highlighted how the well‐being of people with dementia is …

Caregiving for people with dementia in a rural context in South Africa

T Gurayah - South African Family Practice, 2015 - journals.co.za
Background: This research is an exploratory pilot study into the phenomenon of caregiving
for people with dementia in a rural context in South Africa. Method: This study used a …