Healthcare decision-making: past, present and future, in light of a diagnosis of dementia

Abstract

This study explores experiences of and views of healthcare decision-making in the past, present and future among people with dementia and their family carers.

How couples with dementia experience healthcare, lifestyle, and everyday decision-making

“…This finding supports research on couples’ decision-making (Samsi and Manthorpe, 2013; Dening et al ., 2017), and reflects the dual processes of “holding on and letting go” (Fetherstonhaugh et al ., 2013). It can also be understood within broader experiences of maintaining couplehood (Hellstrom, 2007).…”