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Challenges and strategies in communication with people with dementia and their informal caregivers in community pharmacies - a narrative approach

Background: People with dementia and their informal caregivers get in touch with the healthcare system predominantly via contacts with primary care providers. Among these, community pharmacists have been denominated as the health professionals most accessible to the public.

Thu, 03/11/2021 - 18:17

“We are different people”: A narrative analysis of carers’ experiences with mental health crisis and support from crisis resolution teams

Crisis resolution teams (CRTs) deliver acute mental health care in the community. This care implies collaboration with carers. The article explores experiences of mental health crisis from the carer’s perspective and what carers experience as helpful and/or unhelpful help from CRTs. In-depth interviews with carers are analyzed using a narrative approach. The configuration of data elements into coherent stories reveals that thematically similar experiences also have a highly personal imprint.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 15:09