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Caring for Someone with Dementia in a Rural Town Part 1: Family and Friends
Author(s) -
O'Reilly M.T.,
Strong J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1997.tb01050.x
Subject(s) - dementia , focus group , rural community , qualitative research , task (project management) , nursing , psychology , medicine , gerontology , sociology , socioeconomics , disease , pathology , social science , management , anthropology , economics
Caring for someone with dementia at home is a difficult task. Support services can do much to assist carers. However, in rural areas these may not be readily available or accessible. This paper reports on a qualitative study in which a group of carers living in a rural community participated in a focus group and interviews. Issues explored included the carers' experiences of caring, and the effects of rural life on this. Through content analysis of the data, it was found that these carers faced many challenges but were also able to access a number of supports, particularly in terms of family and the local community.