TY - JOUR T1 - Caregivers of family members with dementia were involved in a dynamic decision making process to maintain tolerable situations JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 32 LP - 32 DO - 10.1136/ebn.3.1.32 VL - 3 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/3/1/32.1.abstract N2 - Wackerbarth S.Modeling a dynamic decision process: supporting the decisions of caregivers of family members with dementia.Qual Health Res1999 May;9:294–314OpenUrlCrossRefWeb of Science QUESTION: How do family caregivers of people with dementia make decisions? Multiple case study approach.Wisconsin, USA.28 caregivers (mean age 62 y, 60% women, 54% adult children, 40% spouses) were interviewed. Duration of providing care ranged from <6 months to >10 years. 71% of care receivers (mean age 80 y, 75% women) lived in a care facility, 14% lived at home alone, and 14% lived with the caregiver.20 caregivers were initially interviewed in their homes for 45 minutes to 2 hours. They were asked about when they first recognised the signs of dementia and about some of the challenging decisions they had made and how they had made them. Interview transcripts were analysed to identify characteristics of the caregiver's decision making process; these were plotted on a timeline. Common themes emerged during cross-informant comparisons, and an … ER -