التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Why Do You Care? Exploring The Experiences of Health Care Providers Supporting Patients with Dementia in Primary Care Memory Clinics |
| المؤلفون: |
Sheiban, Linda |
| سنة النشر: |
2014 |
| المجموعة: |
Theses Canada / Thèses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD), Memory Clinics, Health Care Providers, Health Teams, Experiences |
| الوصف: |
Background: Alzheimer???s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are often improperly or under-diagnosed in primary care; yet, it is expected that community-based care will be an increasingly important source of support for ADRD patients. In Ontario, primary care has continued to expand its services to include health team models, such as family health teams (FHTs) to provide multidisciplinary collaborative care for patients. Within such teams, memory clinic teams have also been implemented, which are clinic days set up typically once or twice a month to provide interprofessional collaborative care specifically for ADRD patients by trained health care providers (HCPs). Objective: Little is known about the experience of HCPs who work in primary care memory clinic team settings to provide care for ADRD patients. This study explored these experiences. Specifically, questions were asked around the rewards, challenges and motivations with working in the memory clinic structure and providing support to ADRD patients. Methods: A phenomenological approach was used. One-on-one semi-structured interviews were completed with 12 interprofessional team members in two primary care memory clinic teams. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using Colaizzi???s (1978) method of analysis. Results: Overall, seven subthemes were found which describe the HCP experience. The first two subthemes describe experiencing the journey with the patient and caregiver. HCPs want to support patients while maintaining the patient???s dignity. They also balance emotional dilemmas with responsibilities. The next two subthemes describe experiencing the journey with the team. HCPs feel valued and connected to their team members. The memory clinic structure offers unique care provider experiences. Lastly, three subthemes were found which describe the personal and professional rewards of the experience. HCPs found thrilling complexities within the patient population in the memory clinic and that working in the clinic they are able to experience ongoing ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
thesis |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8106Test |
| الإتاحة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8106Test |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.73366F |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
