"Parent & Adult-Child Relationships Affected by Alzheimer's" by Rachel Woolsey
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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia, affects nearly one in eight older people in the United States. It takes many people, often family members, to care for an elderly person with this disease. Ten adult children were interviewed about their relationship with their parent affected by Alzheimer's disease. Experiencing role reversals and support from other family members, as well as showing the kinship priority rule, the relationship with their parent changed over the course of the disease. The process of role reversal and the new roles family members take on through the kinship priority rule were examined.

Journal Title

Iowa Journal of Communication

Volume

45

Issue

2

First Page

197

Last Page

209

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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