“Being Free Like a Bird”―The Meaning of Being an Informal Caregiver for Persons with Dementia Who Are Receiving Day Care Services
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53858#.VNhgOCzQrzE Author(s) Gunn Eva Solum Myren 1,2,3 , Ingela Enmarker 1,2 , Ellen Saur 4 , Ove Hellzen 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Care Research, Mid-Norway, Steinkjer, Norway . 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Namsos, Norway . 3 Department of Nursing Science, Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden . 4 Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway . ABSTRACT Respite care in the form of day care is one of the several respite services that aims to provide temporary relief to informal caregivers from their responsibilities of caring for a person with dementia. The purpose of this study was to illuminate the meaning of being an informal caregiver for a person with dementia living at home and receiving day care services. Narrative interviews were conducted, and ...