2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Psychological changes in families of elderly persons with Dementia who are entering institution

Research Project

Project/Area Number	19592611
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Community health/Gerontological nurisng
Research Institution	Jikei University School of Medicine
Principal Investigator	SAKURAI Miyoko Jikei University School of Medicine, 医学部, 教授 (20246408)
Research Collaborator	田代和子 , 元慈恵青戸看護専門学校
Project Period (FY)	2007 – 2009
Keywords	認知症高齢者 / 施設入所 / 娘介護者 / 心理的変化 / 修正グラウンデッド・セオリ・アプローチ
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study was to clarifying the psychological changes experienced by families of elderly persons with dementia who are enter an institution. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on 10 family caregivers residing in urban and rural settings. Data were qualitatively analyzed using a grounded theory approach. The results of the analysis were as follows : While families were suffering with the social norm of caring for parents, they became aware of the intimate relationship between parents and children. This experience changed the feelings of the family caregivers from a sense of guilt to gratitude for their parents. These findings suggest that it is necessary to support family caregivers to establish intimate relationships with their parents.

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