title: Roles and Coping Strategies of Sons Caring for a Parent With Dementia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little is known about sons' roles in caring for a parent with dementia. To ensure that interventions and practices appropriately match sons' needs, we investigated their experiences.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative descriptive approach was used; 20 sons of a parent with dementia participated in semistructured interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants reported varied paths to becoming a caregiver, primarily undertaking a care management role and managing by using their own occupational experiences and receiving support from other family members, peers, and private and public community services. They experienced negative consequences such as participation restriction and stress and positive consequences such as feelings of satisfaction. Strategies used to cope included boundary setting and practicing self-care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study highlights the need to consider sons' role as care managers for their parent with dementia in community-based settings, as well as their need for education and intervention. Occupational therapy practitioners can use this information to inform their practices and support clients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD, is Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Alisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grigorovich
authors.affiliation: Nira Rittenberg, BSc(OT), is an Occupational Therapist/ Case Coordinator, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Nira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rittenberg
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Talia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kmielauskas
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Estioko
authors.affiliation: Talia Dick, MSc(OT), Ashley McCann, MSc(OT), Amanda Abbott, MSc(OT), Andrea Kmielauskas, MSc(OT), Valerie Estioko, MSc(OT), and Sinthusha Kulasingham, MSc(OT), were Students, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the time of the study.
authors.forename: Sinthusha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulasingham
authors.affiliation: Jill I. Cameron, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; jill.cameron@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Jill I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Cameron