Scaffolding and working together: a qualitative exploration of strategies for everyday life with dementia (Age and Ageing, 2017, Nov. Epub)

Living with dementia has been described as a process of continual change and adjustment, with people with dementia and their families adopting informal strategies to help manage everyday life. As dementia progresses, families increasingly rely on help from the wider community and formal support. Three themes emerged within the scaffolding, characterising the experiences of families living with dementia: doing things together; evolving strategies; and fragility and fear of the future.

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