Resistiveness to Care as Experienced by Family Caregivers Providing Care for Someone With Dementia

ConclusionsStudy findings represent family caregivers’ lived perceptions of resistiveness to care, which are different from current research findings regarding nurses’ perceptions of resistiveness to care. The identified meaning structure indicates focus areas for future research and for nursing interventions to help family caregivers manage their distress when experiencing resistiveness to care. Clinical RelevanceIdentification of the meaning caregivers ascribe to their lived experience of resistiveness to care (five essential constituents) provides nurses with opportunities to help family caregivers (coproviders of care) holistically. Supporting caregivers in their caregiving role can decrease caregiver distress when resistiveness to care occurs.
Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT Source Type: research