A Study on the Family’s Caregiving Experience in the Dementia

Lee, Kyoung Soon

doi:1996.5.2.50

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 5(2); 1996 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1996;5(2):50-58.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.1996.5.2.50 Published online December 31, 1996.

A Study on the Family’s Caregiving Experience in the Dementia

Kyoung Soon Lee

Korean SahmYook University, Department of Nursing

치매환자 가족의 돌봄경험

이경순

삼육대학교 간호학과 교수

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore and describe the experience of family's caregiver in the dementia. Two participants were persons who were caring and living with dementia patients. They were asked open-ended questions in order for them to talk their experience in their own terms. Interviews were tape - recorded and transcribed. The tran scripts were analyzed by Colaizzi method. Major themes that were emerged from the analysis are “isolation,” “burden,” “guilt,” “fatigue,” “adjust,” “spirituality,” “maturation,” and “seeking information.

Key Words: Dementia; Family’s Caregiver