THE MANAGEMENT OF STIGMA BY ALZHEIMER FAMILY CAREGIVERS

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography - Tập 20 Số 3 - Trang 263-284 - 1991
Nancy Sue Blum

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This article explores family caregivers' management of the courtesy stigma acquired in the course of their relationship with a family member suffering from the progressive deterioration of Alzheimer's disease. Caregivers' accounts from in-depth interviews and from support group meetings suggest that stigma management by the Alzheimer caregiver moves through two distinct phases: the first marked by collusion with the person with Alzheimer's; the second by realignment and collusion with an expanding circle of others. As caregivers move through these phases there is a gradual shift of management priorities from control of information to control of problematic situations.

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Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Tập 20 Số 3

263-284

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