%0 Journal Article
%T ¡°I Treat Him as a Normal Patient¡±: Unveiling the Normalization Coping Strategy Among Formal Caregivers of Persons With Dementia and Its Implications for Person
%A Amitai Oberman
%A Miriam Ethel Bentwich
%A Nomy Dickman
%A Ya¡¯arit Bokek-Cohen
%J Journal of Transcultural Nursing
%@ 1552-7832
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1043659617745137
%X Introduction: Currently, 47 million people have dementia, worldwide, often requiring paid care by formal caregivers. Research regarding family caregivers suggests normalization as a model for coping with negative emotional outcomes in caring for a person with dementia (PWD). The study aims to explore whether normalization coping mechanism exists among formal caregivers, reveal differences in its application among cross-cultural caregivers, and examine how this coping mechanism may be related to implementing person-centered care for PWDs. Method: Content analysis of interviews with 20 formal caregivers from three cultural groups (Jews born in Israel [JI], Arabs born in Israel [AI], Russian immigrants [RI]), attending to PWDs. Results: We extracted five normalization modes, revealing AI caregivers had substantially more utterances of normalization expressions than their colleagues. Discussion: The normalization modes most commonly expressed by AI caregivers relate to the personhood of PWDs. These normalization modes may enhance formal caregivers¡¯ ability to employ person-centered care
%K formal caregivers
%K coping strategy
%K dementia
%K normalization
%K person-centered care
%K personhood
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1043659617745137