Being a Caregiver for a Husband with Alzheimer’s: A Phenomenological Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.220404.155How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Alzheimer’s; caregiver; experience; meaning

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the experience and the meaning given by a wife of being a caregiver for Alzheimer’s husband. The study was conducted using qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. Participant was a woman (63 year old) who has a husband with Alzheimer’s. Data were collected through in-depth interview an analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The results showed several themes: confused and suspicious, shocked and disbelieved, sad and lost, regret, looking for more information, feeling annoyed, fatigue, stressful, coping, acceptance, redemption, obligation, devotion, and the way to get rewards from God. The experience and meaning evolved from negative feelings to acceptance, influenced by religious beliefs that caregiving would be rewarded by God. Therefore, the caregiver survived the difficulties in the process of caregiving despite the minimum support from the family.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Amalia Riska
AU  - Winarini Wilman D. Mansoer
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/21
TI  - Being a Caregiver for a Husband with Alzheimer’s: A Phenomenological Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Tarumanagara International Conference on the Applications of Social Sciences and Humanities (TICASH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 980
EP  - 988
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220404.155
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220404.155
ID  - Riska2022
ER  -