Dementia Flashcards
Caring for an older relative has been identified as one of the most stressful events one can experience
Zarit & Edwards, 1999
The majority of informal caregivers lack strategies for dealing with the BPSD
Ward et al, 2003
Bad experiences in care can lead to the social withdrawal of people with dementia
Kitwood, 1990
Personal detractors are behaviors that detract from the person with dementia’s personhood
Kitwood, 1990
Positive person work are behaviors that acknowledge the person with dementia’s personhood
Kitwood, 1997
Spousal caregivers’ shared life experience could prevent conversational breakdown and facilitate access, recall and retrieval from episodic memory
Palm & Purves, 1996
Family caregivers are provided with very little information about the impact of dementia
Hepburn, Tornatore, Center & Ostwald, 2001
Family caregivers may be unaware that their behavior has an impact on the person they care for
Kitwood, 1990
Situations are misinterpreted and may be unintentionally exacerbated by family members
Kitwood, 1997
Disturbed behaviour may be the result of frustration due to inability to communicate needs
Stokes, 2000
Carers experience anticipatory grief for themselves (companionship, personal freedom and control) and the person with dementia
Chan, Livingstone, Jones & Sampson, 2012
Communication can become limited to interactions during basic activities of daily living
Bowie & Mountain, 1993
Dehumanization can be used as a defensive process by professional carers to distance themselves from the reality of severe dementia
Kitwood, 1990
When people are presented with reminders of death they suppress these thoughts in an attempt to avoid considering their own mortality
McKenzie, Brown, Mak & Chamberlain, 2016
Professional caregivers typically report high levels of burn out and low levels of job satisfaction
Zientz et al., 2007
