Open AccessEmotional experiences of the community-dwelling with mild cognitive impairment and their families
Author(s) -
Masako Nakano,
Shinichi Sato,
Jun Nakahara
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
neuropsychological trends
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1970-321X
pISSN - 1970-3201
DOI - 10.7358/neur-2012-012-naka
Subject(s) - cognitive impairment , cognition , psychology , wife , qualitative research , elderly people , sample (material) , everyday life , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , sociology , social science , chemistry , chromatography , political science , law
This study aimed to clarify the emotional experiences of a community-dwelling sample of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment and their families. The participants included an elderly man and his wife and an elderly woman and her daughterin- law. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed by using a qualitative inductive method. In total, 212 codes were extracted from the interviews and categorized into 37 sub-categories. Finally, we obtained the following 4 categories: Bewilderment regarding memory decline, Avoidance of neighborly relations, Fluctuation of confidence in the family, and Desire to maintain a healthy life.