Pathways to a Caregiver Identity and Implications for Support Services
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The caregiver role is not adjunctive or complementary to the spousal role but emerges from it and from the spousal relationship that existed before the disease.
“According to the authors of this theory, the caregiver role is not adjunctive or complementary to that of spouse but rather emerges from it and from the spousal relationship that existed prior to the advent of the disease.”
From The Unique Experience of Spouses in Early-Onset Dementia (2013) · cites this paper as [28]
Spouse caregivers' stress derives in large part from the difficult process of identity change involved in moving from the role of life partner to that of everyday caregiver.
“As rightly mentioned by Montgomery and Kosloski in their caregiver identity theory, 28 the spouse caregivers' stress derives in large part from the difficult process of identity change that is making the transition from the role of life partner to that of everyday caregiver.”
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The Unique Experience of Spouses in Early-Onset Dementia
Ducharme, F., Kergoat, M.-J., Antoine, P., Pasquier, F., & Coulombe, R. (2013) · American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias® · doi:10.1177/1533317513494443 · Cited by 129 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Montgomery, R. J. V., & Kosloski, K. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (US)
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (US)
- Corresponding author
- Montgomery, Rhonda J. V.
- Venue
- Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Published
- 2012-11-03
- Pages
- 131-156
- ISSN
- 2192-340X (ISSN-L)
- 2192-3418
- OpenAlex
- W54457929
- Cited by
- 75
- References
- 97
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- FWCI
- 11.59
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Caregiving (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- family caregiving, caregiver identity, end-of-life caregiving, family caregivers, caregiver support services, Older Americans Act, caregiver needs, family support programs, old age
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