Caregivers' perceptions and interpretations of severely demented patients during feeding in task assignment system
Engelsk titel: Caregivers' perceptions and interpretations of severely demented patients during feeding in task assignment system
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Författare:
Norberg, Astrid
;
Asplund, Kenneth
;
Athlin, Elsy
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 34
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UI-nummer: 24693
Sammanfattning
Ninety-one focused interviews concerning the feeding of 23 severely demented patients were performed with 62 caregivers who fed the patients in a task assignment system. The aim was to increase the understanding about how caregivers perceive and interpret severely demented patients' behaviour and experiences during feeding. Content analysis showed that the caregivers' commitment or lack of commitment constituted a superior level that determined whether the patient was seen as a subject or as an object. Subcategories that were found were knowledge of the patient's disease and personal history, intuition, identification, empathy, generalisation and routinisation. Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.