Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Beckerman, Anita
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of caring for an elderly parent in the last year of her life. Using the historical research design, the author examined a journal kept during the time of the experience. The analysis revealed the recurrent themes of mother/daughter and patient/nurse relationships in the journal. These themes were then analysed to reflect the frequency and the alternating rhythms of interactions throughout the time the journal encompasses. The writing of this personal story of caregiving and its analysis documents a personal event that can be used by others to understand the caregiving experience.
Extent
101 p.
Recommended Citation
Davies, Sally., "experience of caring for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's disease" (1996). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 919.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/919
Identifier
FADT15342
Comments
Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.|Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.N.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.