A MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SPOUSE AND CHILD CAREGIVERS’ EXPERIENCES OF LUCID EPISODES IN DEMENTIA
Kyungmin Kim, Lauren Bangerter, Dawne Finnie, Joseph Gaugler, Lapid Maria, Theresa Frangiosa, Joan Griffin · 2023
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Kyungmin Kim and six co-authors study how family caregivers experience lucid episodes in dementia, in a 2023 conference abstract. People in late-stage dementia sometimes briefly return to clarity. These episodes are widely reported anecdotally, but how spouses and adult children live through them was little studied.
The team surveyed 387 current and former caregivers and interviewed twenty-two who had witnessed an episode. Child caregivers were more likely to witness one. Among former caregivers, spouses judged episodes more negatively and more often changed end-of-life or money decisions afterward. Among current caregivers, children more often linked episodes to visits from friends and family, while spouses reported no special trigger. Interviews traced the differences to living arrangements, relationship history, expectations, and resources. Context, it seems, shapes what a moment of clarity means.
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| CREATOR | Kyungmin Kim, Lauren Bangerter, Dawne Finnie, Joseph Gaugler, Lapid Maria, Theresa Frangiosa, Joan Griffin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |