Open AccessPortrait of a Caregiver: Ethnodrama Development and Its Influence on Caregiver Well-Being
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Eaton,
Nancy Madsen-Wilkerson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the gerontologist/the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnz137
Subject(s) - family caregivers , psychology , feeling , intervention (counseling) , acknowledgement , caregiver burden , well being , general partnership , perception , nursing , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , dementia , computer security , disease , finance , pathology , neuroscience , computer science , economics
The majority of long-term care needs are placed upon family members who often receive minimal support. In this study, we collaborate with family caregivers to create an ethnodrama about their experience and assess outcomes of participation, including caregiver well-being.