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The Alzheimer's family caregiver as decision maker
— a typology of decision styles | | Author(s) | Sarah B Wackerbarth |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 3, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 314-332 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Behavioural decision theory is used to conduct exploratory research on caregiving decisions for a typology of dementia caregiving decision styles. The usefulness of the typology for providing support to family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is discussed. During semi-structured interviews, 28 caregivers described making a total of 159 caregiving decisions. The analysis involved the classification of the caregivers' experiences into categories and the formation of a typology of the styles used throughout the decision-making process. Decision-making needs based on caregiving decision styles are presented, to guide the provision of decision support to family caregivers. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020924203 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: DP: 3F: 7T |
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