title: Living With Dementia: An Exploratory Study of Caregiving in a Chinese Family Context.
abstract: This qualitative study explored themes that described families taking care of elderly relatives with dementia in Chinese society. Ten families were invited for two in-depth family interviews involving spousal caregivers, child caregivers, and care recipients. Five themes resulted: positive affection as coping strategies, power and control in the caregiving relationship, adult children's involvement in caregiving, sibling rivalry, and intergenerational conflicts. The ways these themes functioned and helped in dementia care, the research implications, and limitations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Oi Ling
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Ping Sum
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Social Work , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Candis Ka Yan
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Susanna Miu Yee
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: c Department of Medicine & Therapeutics , The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin , N.T., Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Bel
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Vennus
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing Shatin, N.T. , Hong Kong , China.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China; D003704:Dementia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035781:Siblings / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Hong Kong; dementia; family caregiving; qualitative study