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Hindi Journal of Womens Health, Issues and CareISSN: 2325-9795
Linda L. Pierce Author
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Public Health, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Epidemiology, Psychiatry
College of Nursing, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Biography
Dr. Pierce’s interest centers on and advances the science of healthy well-being and the art of compassionate caring. She concentrates on interventions/treatments for people dealing with human responses to disability, assisting them to maintain, attain or regain their ability. Dr. Pierce focuses on family research related to caregivers for people with stroke and dementia, as well as other areas of concern related to rehabilitation nursing, e.g., falls, long-term care issues. Based on her expertise in these areas, Dr. Pierce has numerous publications; she serves as a consultant about supportive web-based education and research.
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Problems Reported by Adult Daughters in Caring for Parents with Stroke
Author(s): Victoria Steiner, Lisa S. Sommer, Cheryl Gies, Katelyn Hefflinger, Carrie Skrzyniecki and Linda L. Pierce
Seventy-three caregivers of stroke survivors were interviewed about challenges/problems they experienced in the first year of caring. For this secondary data analysis, only the problems of the adult daughters (n=13) were examined for two time periods (months 0-6 and 7-12) using Colaizzi’s method of content analysis and drawn to Friedemann’s framework of systemic organization. Three themes emerged: 1) witnessing a parent’s condition (in Friedemann’s terms system maintenance; consistent throughout the year), 2) balancing the challenges of the caregiver role (system maintenance/ individuation; more evident in months 7-12), and 3) feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally drained (system maintenance; more visible in months 0-6). Findi... view more»
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