{"id":581,"date":"2023-04-10T07:33:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T05:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/?p=581"},"modified":"2023-05-16T11:36:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:36:48","slug":"exploring-relationship-quality-between-people-living-with-dementia-and-their-informal-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/exploring-relationship-quality-between-people-living-with-dementia-and-their-informal-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring relationship quality between people living with dementia and their informal caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-608 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-540x540.jpg 540w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/files\/2023\/04\/6133725.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Research team: Stephanie Kipfer (PhD (c)), Prof. Cedric Mabire (supervisor), Prof. Sandrine Pihet (HEdS-FR, co-supervisor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people living with dementia wish to stay in their homes as long as possible. To do so, people with dementia need support, which is mainly provided by informal caregivers. The relationship quality between persons living with dementia and their informal caregivers is an important determinant of both persons\u2019 well-being and of the caregivers\u2019 ability to maintain caregiving. Due to the nature of dementia, caregiving dyads are likely to experience negative changes in their relationship, such as declines in reciprocity, affection, communication or opportunities for shared activities.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim of this thesis is to explore the evolution of the relationship quality between informal caregivers and people with dementia in the home care setting while informal dementia caregivers participate in the psycho-educative intervention \u201cLearning to feel better \u2026 to help better\u201d. This 21-hours intervention conducted in small groups aims at empowering informal caregivers to cope better with the daily stress of dementia caregiving.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two embedded models have been developed with a constructivist Grounded Theory approach based on semi-structured interviews with informal caregivers before, during and after participating in the \u201cLearning to feel better \u2026 to help better\u201d programme. The first model shows the strategies which informal caregivers develop and apply to maintain reciprocity and mutuality in their relationship with a person with dementia. The second model demonstrates which strategies caregivers develop and use in their daily life to cope with stressful situations. The findings provide insights on how to empower informal caregivers to sustain or improve relationship quality in their everyday caregiving life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research team: Stephanie Kipfer (PhD (c)), Prof. Cedric Mabire (supervisor), Prof. Sandrine Pihet (HEdS-FR, co-supervisor) Most people living with dementia wish to stay in their homes as long&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}