Disparate routes through support: negotiating the sites, stages and support of informal dementia care.
Worldwide people with dementia are usually cared for at home by informal carers who may themselves have poor health and/or live in social situations which intensify their needs. The scale of these needs continues to be underappreciated and they are exacerbated by the limited social, cultural and emotional resources that carers can draw upon. This paper looks at the disparities in support, and the complex negotiations made by carers, as they reconcile the everyday realities of informal care in the home. Appreciation of these issues is essential in understanding carers' coping strategies in an ageing population.
Egdell
Valerie
V
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Daysh Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom. valerie.egdell@newcastle.ac.uk
Bond
John
J
Brittain
Katie
K
Jarvis
Helen
H
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support