Acknowledging dementia as an actor in the relationship
A facilitating mechanism promoting dementia family caregiver resilience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2932646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Amanda Cooper (0000-0001-8771-6842, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), C Segrin (0000-0003-1797-2503, University of Arizona) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2802-2823 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02654075241254860 |
| OpenAlex | W4396945990 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 51 |
Despite the incredible challenges of caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia, many dementia family caregivers exhibit resilience. Framed by the communication theory of resilience, this study examines how resilience processes unfold within dementia caregivers' relationships with their family member, and dementia caregivers' experiences of resilience. Analysis of 27 interviews with adult children and spousal caregivers revealed acknowledging dementia as an actor in the relationship as a central facilitating mechanism that enabled caregivers to enact other communicative resilience processes within their relationship. Resilience processes were enacted through shifting blame to dementia, accommodating dementia, and relying on memories. Caregivers experienced resilience through personal growth, enhanced relational closeness, and ambivalent resilience. We discuss implications for dementia caregiver resilience and forward facilitating mechanisms as an extension of communication resilience theorizing
Dementia · Developmental psychology · Disease · Family caregivers · Mechanism (biology · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Resilience (materials science · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |