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Hamad EO, AlHadi AN, Lee CJ, Savundranayagam MY, Holmes JD, Kinsella EA, Johnson AM. Assessment of Caregiving Constructs: Toward a Personal, Familial, Group, and Cultural Construction of Dementia Care through the Eyes of Personal Construct Psychology. J Cross Cult Gerontol 2017; 32:413-431. [PMID: 28530016 DOI: 10.1007/s10823-017-9320-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Conditions that cause cognitive impairment and behavioural and personality changes, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementia, have global impact across cultures. However, the experience of dementia care can vary between individuals, families, formal caregivers, and social groups from various cultures. Self-reported measures, caregiving stress models, and conceptual theories have been developed to address the physical, financial, psychological, and social factors associated with the experience of dementia care. Given the cross-cultural variability in the experience of dementia care, it is important for such methodologies to take individual and cultural construct systems into account. We contend that personal and group constructs associated with dementia care should be explored in both the formal and informal caregiving contexts. Therefore, in this paper we introduce the theory of Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) with its explicit philosophy, well-elaborated theory, and derived assessment methods as a potential constructivist research approach to examine the personal, familial, group, and cultural construct systems that determine the experience of dementia caregiving. These concepts and assessment procedures are illustrated in this paper through case study examples and scenarios from the context of dementia care with a focus on family home caregivers. This paper elaborates the assessment and therapeutic approaches of personal construct theory (PCT) to further expand alternatives for support services and program interventions and to amplify policies for dementia care within and across cultures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eradah O Hamad
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario , London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, King Saud University Medical City, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- SABIC Psychological Health Research & Applications Chair (SPHRAC), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Health Studies, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 222, The University of Western Ontario, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
| | - Marie Y Savundranayagam
- School of Health Studies, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 222, The University of Western Ontario, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
| | - Jeffrey D Holmes
- School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
| | - Elizabeth Anne Kinsella
- School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
| | - Andrew M Johnson
- School of Health Studies, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Building, Room 222, The University of Western Ontario, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada.
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