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Relationships between demented elderly people and their families: a follow‐up study of caregivers who had previously reported abuse when caring for their spouses and parents
Author(s) -
Grafstrom Margareta,
Norberg Astrid,
Hagberg Bo
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18111747.x
Subject(s) - feeling , distancing , psychology , grief , social distance , family member , elder abuse , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , poison control , medicine , covid-19 , disease , family medicine , environmental health , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The aim of the study was to elucidate how relationships develop over time in abusive families Family members of demented elderly people who previously reported abuse in the care of the elderly relatives are interviewed in a follow‐up study In this current study the families did not mention any abusive behaviour They narrated their feelings toward their care recipient in the following main categories mothering, grieving, feeling guilty, distancing and objectifying When the family members expressed mothering thoughts, there were no expressions of guilt, objectifying or distancing, and the prior relationship was narrated as good The families who talked about the demented person at a distance or by objectifying did not express feelings of mothering or grief for the relative