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Mallett, Christopher A.

Positive Aspects of Family Caregiving for Older Adults at End-of-Life: A Qualitative Examination

Background: Family caregivers of older adults with dementia have significant challenges across many domains. While this role has been found to be burdensome on the caregiver, increasingly, though, there are also significant positive aspects reported by caregivers (known as the positive aspects of caregiving—PAC). Methods: This participatory qualitative study of 30 United States caregivers of family members age 65 and older who died with a dementia-related diagnoses used in-depth qualitative interviews and directed content analysis to understand the data.

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