Interaction Process of Demented Elders and Family Caregivers : Interpretations of care story from the viewpoint of "The Demented Elderly" and "The Family"

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe interaction process of 13 demented elders and their family caregivers that use home help service, from the viewpoint of social construction of "The Demented Elderly" and "The Family". As the method, I adopted the non directive (in-depth) interview method centering around the retrospective questions, analyzed family caregivers' "care stories". This qualitative study examine (1) how interaction process of the aged with dementia and their family caregivers transform, (2) how family caregivers interpret their dementing family members and own situation with meaning.