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Self-Care Behaviors of Spouses Caring for Significant Others With Alzheimer's Disease: The Emergence of Self-Care Worthiness as a Salient Condition

Karen E. Furlong

University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Judith Wuest

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Little of our empirical knowledge regarding how family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) manage their self-care needs is grounded in the perspectives of caregivers themselves. Using a grounded theory methodology, we explored self-care behaviors of nine spousal caregivers and developed a substantive theory of finding normalcy for self that reflects how spousal caregivers restore self-care behaviors in the context of a constant state of flux. Self-care worthiness, a new concept, emerged as a salient condition of finding normalcy. This provides a starting point for understanding self-care in spousal caregivers and illuminates the intricate process of caring for self while caring for a significant other with AD.

Key Words: Alzheimer's disease • caregiving • informal • families • caregiving • grounded theory • health promotion • self-care

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 18, No. 12, 1662-1672 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327158
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