Perspectives of Women with Dementia Receiving Care from Their Adult Daughters



Abstract

A dementia is a deficit in cognitive, emotional and social skills, which leads to impaired social and occupational functions and usually associated with a diagnosable disorder of the brain. Dementia disrupts family life, career, social life, relationships with loved ones. This paper discusses the perspectives of women with dementia receiving care from their adult daughters.

Perspectives of Women with Dementia Receiving Care from Their Adult Daughters

Introduction to the study

Dementia is a progressive loss of cognitive function which can be due to a variety of physiological causes. The two most common types of dementia are Ischemic Vascular Dementia (IVD) and Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (DAT). IVD is a heterogeneous disorder, arising from different types of cerebral lesions in varying locations. This disease does not only have profound impact on the lives of the diagnosed individuals, but it also impacts the lives of the care-giving family members who are taking care of them. The percentage of the individuals who are diagnosed with the disease has been doubled every five year. This disease is most common among the individuals from the age of 60, this percentage has rised to 32% in those aged 90 to 94.

Problem statement

The immediate worrying issue for the informal carers after diagnoses of dementia is how to go about getting information. Achieving optimal dementia care in the home has been a major concern for the individuals these days. The great challenge lies in getting the formal care services.

Statement of purpose

Given the above mentioned challenges, careful attention is demanded for the achievement of optimal home-based dementia care. This careful attention will need participation of women as a major role in caring individuals diagnosed with the disease. Gender has been identified as one of the 12th determinants of health care. The purpose of the study, therefore, identifies the experiences and perceptions of women with dementia, giving and receiving care from their adult daughters.

The paper presents the reports on the perceptions of mother's about receiving care from their daughters. The paper further brings elderly women to the centre of debate in receiving dementia care, and the perspectives of the daughters in providing care to their mothers diagnosed with dementia.

Literature review

The literature review of the paper represents the individuals with dementia disease as a serious burden for the caregiver and thus replete with the studies of problems of care-giving. The dementia need help to experience the meaning of life when she can no longer do it herself. Here it is again important to know the background. Quality of life and the meaning of life can be so different from person to person. For someone's quality of life can be to feel the sun on your face while someone else might want to listen to a certain music or eating a cinnamon bun every day. Quality of life means different things to different people so it is important to know as much as possible about the person and be sensitive ...