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Resilience in dementia: Perspectives of those living with dementia
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- Author / Creator
- Schmidt, Tawnya D
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This study examined the concept of resilience and factors associated with it from the perspective of individuals living with dementia. Resilience is a process through which individuals demonstrate positive adaptation despite exposure to adverse life events, such as a diagnosis of dementia. How individuals with dementia describe resilience and the factors they identify as contributing to or interfering with resilience were determined using semi-structured interviews. Measures of quality of life and wellness provided additional information about the concept of resilience. The study identified three major factors associated with resilience: ‘active and purposeful living’, ‘perspective’, and ‘resources.’ Resilience is anticipated to be clinically useful as a means of identifying areas of strength and weakness for individuals living with dementia in order to guide intervention efforts to support more resilient outcomes. This study provides an initial basis of identifying these clinically relevant factors that promote or impede resilience in this population.
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- Graduation date
- Spring 2014
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Master of Science
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.