How do young people ‘do’ family where there is a diagnosis of dementia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13009366
AutoresMel Hall (0000-0002-5657-0278, University of Sheffield), Pat Sikes (0000-0003-2399-0222, University of Sheffield, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen7
Número2
Páginas207-225
Fecha de publicación2017-01-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFamilies Relationships and Societies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2046-7435 • E-ISSN: 2046-7443
EditorialPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/204674316x14818999694306
OpenAlexW2569702465
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas12

This article presents data arising from a project that explored 22 children and young people’s experiences of having a parent with dementia. A key theme from the interviews highlighted the implications dementia has for the relationship between children and their parents – specifically, how individuals ‘do’ and display family when their parent’s personality and capacity to function as previously has been undermined. The data illustrate how these young people experience disruptions to existing family practices, and how they perpetuate a relationship with their parent in the face of dementia. It also indicates that these changes in practices – the disruption and acquired significance – contribute to children’s reconceptualisation of their relationship with their parent. This article seeks to add to the literature on family practices (Morgan, 2011) and display (Finch, 2007) by using the experience of dementia to illustrate the importance of family practices when a family experiences ‘crisis’

Dementia · Developmental psychology · Disease · Face (sociological concept · Finch · Personality · Social science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology