How People with Dementia and their Carers Adapt their Homes. A Qualitative Study

The objective was to explore the ways in which people with dementia and their carers adapt their homes, including the barriers and use of available information. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 people with dementia and their informal carer. The collected data were analysed using thematic analysis. Three core themes emerged: Maintaining familiarity and coping with change, Having knowledge and finding knowledge and Meeting challenges through home adaptation. The most significant barriers to making home adaptations were lack of knowledge and maintaining familiarity. Having more information and making home modifications earlier might enable individuals with dementia to adjust to their adapted environment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Dementia (London, England) - 18(2019), 3 vom: 07. Apr., Seite 1199-1215

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Allen, Frances [VerfasserIn]
Cain, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Caroline [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Themen:

Dementia
Home adaptation
Home modification
Information
Journal Article
Qualitative

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 29.07.2019

Date Revised 29.07.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/1471301217712294

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272750514