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- Title
Learning From People With Dementia What Works Well for Well-Being: Interviews and Focus Groups.
- Authors
Kloos, Noortje; Bielderman, Annemiek; Gerritsen, Debby L
- Abstract
Background and Objectives Previous research has tended to prioritize the condition of dementia when investigating positive lived experiences, while there is no evidence that well-being becomes fundamentally different when living with dementia. The current exploratory qualitative study examined how people living with dementia describe how they realize their well-being, without treating dementia as a central concern, and specifically addressed people who are successful in maintaining their well-being. Research Design and Methods Semistructured face-to-face interviews (n = 16) and 2 focus groups (n = 13) were conducted with community-dwelling older people living with dementia, aged 65–93 years (68% male). Conversations covered contributors to experienced life satisfaction, and life enjoyment, and were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results Two main themes described how people realize well-being. (1) To live a fulfilling life , participants engaged in activities in order to feel useful and relaxed, and they engaged with others, by interacting and sharing with others, and relying on others. (2) To have a positive attitude toward life , participants appreciated the good things in their current life, their lived life, and about their own person, and positively coped with difficulties by accepting them as part of life, not dwelling on the negative, and actively addressing difficulties. Discussion and Implications The results appear to reflect universal ways of realizing well-being, justifying the use of universal models of well-being for people living with dementia. We can learn from people living with dementia that living a fulfilling life and having a positive attitude toward life are key to realizing their well-being.
- Subjects
LIFE; FOCUS groups; QUALITATIVE research; INDEPENDENT living; CONVERSATION; SATISFACTION; OPTIMISM; RESEARCH funding; INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ATTITUDE (Psychology); EXPERIENCE; THEMATIC analysis; RESEARCH methodology; RESEARCH; HAPPINESS; INTERPERSONAL relations; DEMENTIA patients; WELL-being; RELAXATION for health; OLD age
- Publication
Gerontologist, 2024, Vol 64, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
0016-9013
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/geront/gnae077