title: [Profiles of caregiving by informal carers living with a loved one who has dementia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigate how informal carers experience their personal caregiving situation, and which needs and dilemmas they face.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this purpose we use Q‑methodology to uncover profiles of caregivers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five distinct profiles of caregiving were identified that provide information on the various care situations that can occur.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings contribute to a better understanding of the care situation, and the development of interventions focused on quality of life of informal carers.
authors.affiliation: , Dijkhofstraat 14, 7391TG, Twello, Nederland. hj.kraijo@planet.nl.
authors.forename: Henk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kraijo
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Dementia; Informal carers; Profiles