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Decision-making process of nursing home placement among Chinese family caregivers
Yu-Ping Chang1, Joanne Kraenzle Schneider
1School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. yc73@buffalo.edu
Purpose:
To understand the process and difficulties that Chinese family caregivers experience when making a nursing home placement decision for their loved ones with dementia.
Design And Methods:
Using a grounded theory approach, data were collected through individual interviews with 30 Chinese family caregivers in Taiwan.
Findings:
A stage-based framework was generated that described how caregivers went through the decision-making process, what specific challenges they encountered within the process, and how they overcame difficulties to reach their decisions.
Practice Implications:
By identifying the stages of the decision-making process and various challenges that caregivers experience, clinicians can enhance discussions with caregivers to decrease the decision-making burden. Clinicians might develop family-centered interventions for the decision-making process through the post-placement stage while taking into account cultural influences.
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