The family support to the caregiver of the person with Alzheimer's Disease

<p><em>The perception of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease on the family support for the received care, under the light of the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, it was revealed by responses to semi-structured interviews and by depositions in the focus group...

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Main Authors: Luana Machado Andrade, Edite Lago da Silva Sena, Patrícia Anjos Lima de Carvalho, Ana Liz Pereira de Matos, Magno Conceição das Mercês, Daniela Sousa Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2015-05-01
Series:Kairós Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/23912
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Summary:<p><em>The perception of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease on the family support for the received care, under the light of the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, it was revealed by responses to semi-structured interviews and by depositions in the focus group meetings with ten of them, members of a Mutual Help Group, carried out from September 2009 to June 2010. The study suggests a new understanding of family support to the care, which opens the possibility of transcendence from the caregiver into another self.</em></p> <p> </p>
ISSN:1516-2567
2176-901X