ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2018
"The Filter is Kind of Broken": Family Caregivers' Attributions About Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.
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- Unraveling impaired awareness: experiences of people with dementia, Huntington's disease and Korsakoff's syndrome, and their informal caregivers.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Causal Mediation Analysis for the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Reveals Pathways From Child Maltreatment to Elder Mistreatment.The Gerontologist · 2025Observational
- Agitation in cognitive disorders: Progress in the International Psychogeriatric Association consensus clinical and research definition.International psychogeriatrics · 2024Review
- Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Post-Diagnostic Care for People with Vascular Cognitive Impairment: When Help Is Needed in a "No-Man's Land".Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Article
- Depression among caregivers of patients with dementia: Associative factors and management approaches.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
- Tailoring the web-based 'Partner in Balance' intervention to support spouses of persons with frontotemporal dementia.Internet interventions · 2021Article
- Factors associated with health-related quality of life and burden on relatives of older people with multi-morbidity: a dyadic data study.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Conceptual Framework to Guide Intervention Research Across the Trajectory of Dementia Caregiving.The Gerontologist · 2020Article
- Psychological Interventions for Dementia Caregivers: What We Have Achieved, What We Have Learned.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Traditional and Non-traditional Caregivers Define "Family" and Caregiving Obligations.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
objectivesBehavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common, often challenging to manage, and may erode caregivers' well-being. Few studies have explored caregivers' perspectives of what causes these behaviors, but such attributions may be important-particularly if they negatively impact the care dyad. This study examined causal attributions about BPSD among individuals caring for a family member with dementia.
designIn-depth qualitative data were obtained from family caregivers of older adults with dementia.
settingAs part of a larger study (NINR R01NR014200), four focus groups were conducted with caregivers by an experienced facilitator.
participantsA total of 26 family caregivers participated in the four focus groups. MEASUREMENTS: Caregivers reported their own attributions about the causes of their care recipient's BPSD. Sessions were audio-recorded. Data were transcribed, coded to determine relevant concepts, and reduced to identify major categories.
resultsFive categories were determined. Caregivers attributed BPSD to: 1) neurobiological disease factors; 2) physical symptoms or comorbid health conditions; 3) psychological reactions to dementia; 4) shifting social roles and relationships following dementia onset; and 5) environmental changes such as lack of routine and medical transitions (e.g., hospitalization). Despite this seemingly multifactorial attribution to BPSD etiology, a number of respondents also indicated that BPSD were at least partly within the care recipient's control.
conclusionsFamily caregivers attribute BPSD to a range of care recipient and environmental factors. Caregivers' own causal beliefs about BPSD may reflect unmet educational needs that should be considered in the development of targeted interventions to minimize caregiving stress.
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