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| The impact of dementia illness representations on accessing health care | | Author(s) | Louise Sheppard |
| Journal title | Psychology of Older People: The FPOP Bulletin, no 135, July 2016 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, July 2016 |
| Pages | pp 33-38 |
| Source | http://www.bps.org.uk/networks-and-communities/mem... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Symptoms ; Attitude ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Help-seeking for dementia concerns has been associated with beliefs about memory. Older people (3 men and 3 women) were interviewed to elicit their illness representation (beliefs) of dementia, to investigate the impact on help-seeking. Two themes were identified when using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. First, 'We all forget, don't we? But there's a difference'. Second, 'I think everybody these days gets quite scared'. Participants suggested that an observer identifies symptoms in another, prompting help-seeking. Denial may be used to cope with fear of symptoms, hindering attempts to seek help. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160820212 A |
| Classmark | EA: CT: DP: L: QLD: 3DP |
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