"To be, or not to be": Experiencing deterioration among people with young-onset dementia living alone
dc.contributor.author | Johannessen, Aud | |
dc.contributor.author | Engedal, Knut | |
dc.contributor.author | Haugen, Per Kristian | |
dc.contributor.author | Dourado, Marcia Cristina Nascimento | |
dc.contributor.author | Thorsen, Kirsten | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-15T09:31:57Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-25T14:33:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-15T09:31:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-25T14:33:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Johannessen A, Engedal K, Haugen PK, Dourado MCN, Thorsen K. "To be, or not to be": Experiencing deterioration among people with young-onset dementia living alone. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 2018;13:1490620(1):1-13 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-2623 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-2623 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-2631 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6553 | |
dc.description.abstract | Having dementia before the age of 65 (YOD) represents a radical break from an agenormative and expected life course. The disease afflicts the person’s identity, threatens the self-image and self-confidence, and erodes the person’s plans. The aim of the study was toexamine how people living alone with YOD perceive the course of dementia, their needs, and coping strategies, with a focus on narrating everyday life experiences. A longitudinal study using a qualitative approach was used. Five interviews, each with 10 informants, took place every 6 months from 2014 to 2017. The main theme is the person’s experiences of changes of identity over time. The most significant aspects of their experiences of the dementia affecting them and their reactions are these: the initial signs, coping efforts, concealing the diagnosis, social retraction, existential anxiety, revival of the self, worse and worse, and health personnel as background. The study concluded thatpeople with dementia are able to describe their experiences and needs for a long time during the progression of dementia. Their voices should be listened to for planning of services. Personalized care should be used to support them in order to preserve their identity in a normalized everyday life as far as possible. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Norges Forskningsråd (NO) 22900 [229002]. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being;Volume 13, 2018 - Issue 1 | |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Coping | en |
dc.subject | Existential needs | en |
dc.subject | Health care | en |
dc.subject | Health promotions | en |
dc.subject | Longitudinal qualitative studies | en |
dc.subject | Subjective experiences | en |
dc.title | "To be, or not to be": Experiencing deterioration among people with young-onset dementia living alone | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-01-15T09:31:57Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2018.1490620 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1593154 | |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | |
dc.relation.projectID | Forbrukerrådet: 229002 |
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