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Disruption, control and coping: responses of and to the person with dementia in hospital

Porock, Davina; Clissett, Philip; Harwood, Rowan H.; Gladman, John R.F.

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Davina Porock

Rowan H. Harwood

John R.F. Gladman



Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to gain insight into the experience of hospitalisation from the perspectives of the older person with dementia, their family care-giver and other patients sharing the ward (co-patients). Non-participant observation of care on 11 acute hospital wards was supplemented by 39 semi-structured interviews with 35 family care-givers and four co-patients following discharge. Constant comparative analysis produced the core problem facing all those involved: disruption from normal routine meaning that the experience of hospitalisation was disrupted by the presence and behaviour of the person with dementia. Disruption adversely affected the person with dementia, triggering constructive, disengaged, distressed and neutral behaviours. Using Kitwood's model of person-centred care, these behaviours were interpreted as attempts by the person with dementia at gaining a sense of control over the unfamiliar environment and experience. Family care-givers' lives and experiences both inside and outside the hospital were disrupted by the hospitalisation. They too attempted to gain a sense of control over the experience and to give a sense of control to the patient, co-patients and staff. Co-patients experienced disruption from sharing space with the person with dementia and were left feeling vulnerable and sometimes afraid. They too attempted to gain a sense of control over their situation and give some control by helping the person with dementia, the family care-giver and the staff.

Citation

Porock, D., Clissett, P., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2015). Disruption, control and coping: responses of and to the person with dementia in hospital. Ageing and Society, 35(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X13000561

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Sep 19, 2013
Publication Date Jan 31, 2015
Deposit Date Apr 3, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Ageing and Society
Print ISSN 0144-686X
Electronic ISSN 0144-686X
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 35
Issue 1
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X13000561
Keywords Dementia, Hospital, Disruption, Control, Person-centred care, Co-patients, Family care-givers
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/742114
Publisher URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/div-classtitledisruption-control-and-coping-responses-of-and-to-the-person-with-dementia-in-hospitaldiv/9BD04B8723732FD7E56EBA0B4B6EE6B0

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