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Realizing Wrongness: Stories of Older Wife Caregivers

Janet Witucki Brown

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, jwitucki{at}utk.edu

Martha Raile Alligood

Palm Beach Atlantic University

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of patterns of help-seeking by older wife caregivers of husbands with dementia using grounded theory methodology with a theoretical perspective of health as expanding consciousness. Eleven older wife caregivers were interviewed, leading to discovery of a new substantive theory titled "Help-Seeking Choices: Taking One Day at a Time," which was grounded in reality as experienced by the participants. The antecedent category of realizing wrongness, with subthemes of recognizing a problem, accepting direction from others, and recognizing help needs, is described in this article along with implications of findings.

Key Words: caregivers • dementia • older women • help-seeking

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 23, No. 2, 104-119 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0733464804265609
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