Recognition of preclinical signs of dementia: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of family carers and professional care assistants

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Catharine Jenkins, Gerald Feldman

Abstract

To identify preclinical signs of dementia by exploring the experiences of family caregivers and professional care assistants. Dementia results in disability, emotional strain and financial loss for people with dementia, family members and nations. Informal identification of social and behavioural risk signifiers could facilitate timely interventions with potential to delay onset of serious disability. A retrospective qualitative approach using a naturalistic interpretive design was used. Focus groups enabled in-depth understanding of the participants' experiences of life or work with people who subsequently developed dementia. Purposive sampling was used to recruit family carers and professional carers who had cared for people who later developed dementia. The data from focus groups were fully transcribed and anonymised, and transcripts were analysed by two researchers. These researchers coded and analysed the transcripts independently; subsequently, overlapping and similar themes were identified and consensus reached on final themes. A third researcher was invited to review the analysis and ensure trustworthiness of the study findings. Findings revealed that preclinical signs of dementia were identifiable in retrospect Partici...Continue Reading

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