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A Qualitative Study on the Care Experience for Parents-in-law with Dementia

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2015, 11(9), pp.135-164
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general

조혜영 1 부성은 1 JEONG, jong-hwa 1

1삼육대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to identify how the experiences in caring parents-in-laws have affected the lives of daughters-in-laws and to analyze how much the Long-Term Care Insurance for the Aged has reduced their economic burden. A qualitative case study was conducted through an in-depth interviews of three respondents inquiring about their personal experiences. We learned from the case study that their caring experiences could be described as “the beginning of a tough and long-term connection”, “the life as a daughter-in-law, not her own”, “a hard life like a rock”, “look-back of my life” and “new and transforming life.” Despite their unique experiences while serving their parents-in-laws as a traditional care-giver, they considered such experiences as an opportunity to turn their lives into a positive direction after their parents-in-laws passed away of dementia, They have been experienceing with a series of burdens from insufficient information, limited hours of the elderly home care service facilities, and the lack of facilities for the elderly with dementia and their families. In order to enhance the quality and accessibility of the long-term care service for the elderly, this case study suggests to improve the level of awareness of dementia among the family and the community, and to locate more consultation clinics with social workers specialized in dementia.

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