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"He is changing, but I'm changing too": An interpretative phenomenological analysis of spouse caregivers' identity in the context of dementia.

Nicolas Westrelin1,2, Catherine Denève2, Pierre Gérain1,3

  • 1Person Centred Research and Training Lab (PCLab), Psychological Sciences Research Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.

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Spouse caregivers of dementia patients often don't identify as caregivers due to a sense of naturalness. Their identity shifts dynamically between spouse and caregiver roles, influenced by their partner's changes.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Extensive research defines caregiving tasks and consequences.
  • Few informal caregivers identify themselves as 'caregivers'.
  • Affective bonds can make caregiving feel natural, especially for spouses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how informal caregivers, particularly spouses, construct their identity while caring for individuals with dementia.
  • To understand the subjective experience of caregiver identity formation.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted eight semi-structured interviews with spouse caregivers of dementia patients.
  • Utilized interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) for data analysis.

Main Results:

illness experience
informal caregivers
  • Identified three interconnected themes: perceiving partner changes, processing these changes (grief, reminiscence), and perceiving self-changes.
  • Caregiver identity construction is dynamic, starting with recognizing changes in the care-recipient.

Conclusions:

  • Spouse caregivers oscillate between 'spouse' and 'caregiver' identities.
  • Identity construction is influenced by how caregivers process their partner's changes.
  • Focus is on caregiver perceptions, not solely on relationship dynamics or tasks.