title: (Not) a Hallmark holiday. Experience of family caregivers of a relative with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: 1. The holiday season may be an especially difficult time for families that have a relative with a dementia. 2. The three themes identified in interviews with family caregivers of a relative with Alzheimer's disease concerned becoming aware of the relative's symptoms, trying to have one last normal holiday, and deciding how to handle the holidays when the relative was in an assisted living facility. 3. Health care providers can help families by planning interventions to decrease stress during the holiday season.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Liken
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006693:Holidays / Q000523:psychology*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing