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Immigrants with dementia in Swedish residential care: an exploratory study of the experiences of their family members and Nursing staff

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Title
Immigrants with dementia in Swedish residential care: an exploratory study of the experiences of their family members and Nursing staff
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BMC Geriatrics, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12877-016-0200-y
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Sirpa Pietilä Rosendahl, Mirkka Söderman, Monir Mazaheri

Abstract

Worldwide, there is a growing population of older people who develop dementia in a country other than that of their origin. When their dementia has reached an advanced stage, residential care is most often needed. People with dementia in Sweden are often cared for in group homes. For immigrants, this may mean a linguistically challenging care environment for both healthcare staff and the patients' family members. The aim of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of family members and professional caregivers regarding the care provided to immigrants with dementia in group homes in Sweden. An exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach was chosen. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine professional caregivers and five family members of people with dementia with Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian and Ingrian backgrounds; all were chosen purposefully. All people with dementia had lost their Swedish language skills as their second language. The data was analysed using qualitative content analysis. Three main categories and seven subcategories were identified. The first main category: A new living situation comprised the subcategories: adjusting to new living arrangements and expectations regarding activities and traditional food at the group home, the second main category: Challenges in communication with the subcategories: limited communication between the immigrant with dementia and the Swedish-speaking nursing staff and the consequences of linguistic misunderstandings and nuanced communication in a common language and the third main category: The role of the family member at the group home with the subcategories: a link to the healthy life story of the family member with dementia and an expert and interpreter for the nursing staff. The family member played a crucial role in the lives of immigrants with dementia living in a group home by facilitating communication between the nursing staff and the PWD and also by making it possible for PWD to access the cultural activities they wanted and which professional caregivers were either not able to recognise as needed or could not deliver.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Unknown 115 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 13%
Researcher 14 12%
Student > Master 13 11%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 26 22%
Unknown 30 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 29 25%
Psychology 15 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 11%
Social Sciences 11 9%
Unspecified 6 5%
Other 14 12%
Unknown 29 25%
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#14,182,150
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