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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Caregiving experience"”.
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Relations Among Adolescent Motherhood, Caregiving Experience, and Perceptual and Caregiving Responses to Infant Cries
… study was to investigate the perceptual and caregiving responses of adolescent mothers to different infant cry stimuli. Twenty-five primiparous adolescents and 39 nulliparous adolescents listened to segments of three different infant cry types that varied in the amount of high-pitched, …
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Predictors of paternal nurturance as a function of father's personal attributes, caregiving experience, and sociocultural factors
… personality--Early child-care experience of fathers--Playfulness--Employment--Marriage status--Psychological support--Middle-class fathers.
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Predictors of paternal nurturance as a function of father's personal attributes, caregiving experience, and sociocultural factors
… personality--Early child-care experience of fathers--Playfulness--Employment--Marriage status--Psychological support--Middle-class fathers.
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Personal Constructs in Dementia Caregiving: The Family Caregiving Experience of People Living with Dementia in Saudi Arabia
… observed globally, family (informal and in-home) caregiving of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia has become a critical issue in the Arab region, including Saudi Arabia. This doctoral research psychometrically and conceptually evaluates an Arabic version of the …
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An exploration of the experience of caring for the mentally ill
… movement. The discourse pertaining to the experiences of mental illness caregivers is particularly negative and is largely generated from international research. While other aspects of the caregiving experience have been explored, such literature is scarce and generally concentrates on the …
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Ambiguous Loss For Caregivers of Family Members With Dementia
… and related dementias, and how caregivers experience ambiguous loss. Five caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias participated in this study, recruited from the Alzheimer’s Society of London and Middlesex and the Alzheimer Outreach Services of McCormick Home. …
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The Relationship between Dementia Family Caregivers' Traditional Values and Beliefs about Caregiving and Well-being
… caregivers’ traditionally-based beliefs about caregiving, their caregiving experience, and their well-being. Method: exploratory secondary data analysis of cross-sectional survey data from 76 community caregivers of persons with dementia in Ontario. Results: traditional values for caregiving …
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Let's Come Together: An Intersectionality-Informed Grounded Theory Analysis of How African American Daughters Navigate Family Relationships While Providing Care to a Parent with Alzheimer's Disease
… Prior research has examined one aspect of the caregiving experience for African American caregivers but not how their intersecting identities impact their experiences. As such, this study served to contextualize and highlight the nuances of their caregiving experiences. Using Intersectionality …
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An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experiences of Young Adult Grandchild Caregivers of Grandparents with Dementia
… related dementias. While the burdens of dementia caregiving have been well-documented, less is known about the experiences of young adults who serve as caregivers to their grandparents. These caregivers, aged 18 to 29 years, are in the developmental stage of emerging adulthood, a period …
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Grief Among Dementia Caregivers: A Comparison Of Two Assessment Systems
… family caregivers of people with dementia may experience grief prior to the death of their care recipients, in part because of the series of losses they experience and the chronic nature of caregiving. Methods for assessing predeath grief, however, are just beginning to be developed, and basic …
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The Experience of Adult Children Cargiving for Aging Parents
… aging parents, work up to 100 hours per month at caregiving. <strong>Problem Statement:</strong> A limited body of empirical studies exists on the caregiving of aging parents exclusively by their adult children. Despite the amount of time dedicated to parental caregiving little is known about the …
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Chinese women's perspectives on the transitional process of caring for spouses with dementia from home to institution
This study describes the caregiving experience of elderly Chinese wives while caring for their spouses with dementia at home and in an institution. Conflict arises between health care workers and family caregivers because of a different perception about role expectations. A good understanding of …
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Support Networks of Caregivers of Frail Older Adults
… are they consistently integrated into broader caregiving support frameworks. Objective: To explore the composition and function of social support networks and examine how these networks influence caregiver experiences, stress, and rewards. Methods: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was …
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Distance caregiving in palliative care: a mixed methods study exploring the role of ehealth
… This PhD aimed to explore how distance shapes caregiving in palliative care, and how distance caregivers use ehealth. Methods: A mixed methods design was used. Survey participants were recruited through social media and hospice staff. The questionnaire comprised sections about: relationship and …
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Finding Meaning in the Dementia Caregiving Relationship
… with dementia describe a wide spectrum of caregiving experiences, ranging from very negative to very positive. Previous literature acknowledges these differing experiences, but how and why they differ has rarely been investigated. Dementia caregiving can be burdensome with many …
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Secondary stress and coping experiences of partners of persons with oral cancer: A descriptive study
… with oral cancer, describe the nature of the experience of STS and its relationship to other variables of interest, and generate substantive contributions to emerging theory. Congruent with the purpose of the research, the first aim of the study was to determine the extent to which the …
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Grandchildren's Perceptions of Caring for Grandparents
… can expect to find themselves in some type of caregiving role. Individuals may find themselves providing care for a child or for an older family member who needs assistance. With the increase in life expectancy and the shrinking family size, individuals may find themselves spending time …
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Caregivers? perceptions of caregiver burden, quality of life and support needs in caring for a child with cerebral palsy with feeding and/or swallowing difficulties within the context of the Western Cape, South Africa
… support needs'; ‘What helps me cope?'; ‘Cost of caregiving'; ‘Hopeful caregiving'; and ‘Shortfalls of healthcare system and society'. The themes reflect the stress and anxiety of caregiving, the centrality of feeding, specific needs for support, resilience and coping, multifaceted strain, hope …
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Caregiver Support for Patients Diagnosed with Dementia
… that caregivers of dementia patients often experience a great deal of stress related to caregiving. Most of these caregivers are informal caregivers without prior knowledge or training in dementia care. Previous studies indicate that informal caregivers often experience stress during this …
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Emotional availability: foster caregiving experiences
… placement of an adolescent in a foster caregiving environment. An adolescent anticipates, desires, and needs a safe and enduring foster placement. The emotional impact affects the adolescent as well as the caregiver from the initial introduction to the foster home to emancipation from …
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