title: "The system is beginning to shut down": utilizing caregivers' metaphors for dementia, persons with dementia, and caregiving.
abstract: Family caregivers reflect understandings of dementia, persons with dementia, and their changing role through metaphors. Analyzing transcripts from a support group for spouses of persons with dementia, 14 core metaphors for dementia, caregiving/caregiver, and persons with dementia were identified. By using these metaphors, nurses can aid familial caregiver understanding and well-being.
authors: San Francisco State University, Communication Studies Department, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA. mgolden@sfsu.edu
authors: Mindi Ann
authors: MA
authors: Golden
authors: Bryan B
authors: BB
authors: Whaley
authors: Anne M
authors: AM
authors: Stone
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D022143:Family Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019365:Metaphor