scholarly journals Everyday Remembering During a Global Pandemic in Caring Dyads

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 944-944
Author(s):  
Emily Lustig ◽  
Alysha Naran ◽  
Ann Pearman ◽  
Christopher Hertzog
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cognitive Intervention ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Georgia Tech ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Advance Planning ◽  
Everyday Remembering

Abstract During the COVID-19 global pandemic people’s lived experiences and day-to-day lives have been tremendously impacted. This impact is believed to be more severe in people with a memory-impaired partner at home. As part of an ongoing cognitive intervention project with the Emory-Georgia Tech Cognitive Empowerment Program (CEP), we conducted interviews with dyads (one person with diagnosed amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and one person, in this case, a spouse who is an identified care partner). To address the COVID-19 pandemic, we supplemented the existing interview about everyday cognition with several questions about the dyadic experience during the pandemic. To date, we have conducted 5 qualitative interviews with dyads. Preliminary results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has created additional everyday challenges and cognitive burden for care partners of people diagnosed with aMCI. Some of these challenges include the need to manage pandemic precautionary behaviors, such as mask wearing and maintaining social distancing, for both themselves and the care recipient. In contrast, some aspects of everyday remembering among these dyads have improved (e.g. more advance planning of things like grocery shopping and outings). The results of these interviews will provide additional unique insights into the everyday cognitive challenges of the pandemic on caregivers and persons with aMCI.

scholarly journals Feasibility and Conceptualization of an e-Mental Health Treatment for Depression in Older Adults: Mixed-Methods Study (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Eichenberg ◽  
Markus Schott ◽  
Adam Sawyer ◽  
Georg Aumayr ◽  
Manuela Plößnig
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Everyday

BACKGROUND Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in older adults. Unfortunately, it often goes unrecognized in the older population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify how Web-based apps can recognize and help treat depression in older adults. METHODS Focus groups were conducted with mental health care experts. A Web-based survey of 56 older adults suffering from depression was conducted. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 2 individuals. RESULTS Results of the focus groups highlighted that there is a need for a collaborative care platform for depression in old age. Findings from the Web-based study showed that younger participants (aged 50 to 64 years) used electronic media more often than older participants (aged 65 years and older). The interviews pointed in a comparable direction. CONCLUSIONS Overall, an e-mental (electronic mental) health treatment for depression in older adults would be well accepted. Web-based care platforms should be developed, evaluated, and in case of evidence for their effectiveness, integrated into the everyday clinic.

scholarly journals Television’s role in Indian new screen ecology

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1226-1242
Author(s):  
Smith Mehta
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Industry Studies ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
Digital Delivery

In this article, I discuss the various issues that have prompted select creators such as writers, directors, actors, producers and casting agents to focus their creative energies on Internet-based content. The article’s main findings illustrate that because a growing segment of Indian content, new media practitioners are disillusioned by the programming and industrial practices of television, they increasingly embrace digital delivery platforms as the preferred outlets for their creative expressions. By drawing from critical media industry studies framework, the aim of this research is to examine the everyday practices of content creators and compare the formal and aesthetic qualities of their textual artefacts, as these professionals navigate the larger structural tensions between television and Internet in India. The article marshals evidence based on qualitative interviews, trade press, and news articles to suggest that the television industry’s production culture discourages creators from seeking meaningful work and instead look for opportunities on the Internet.

scholarly journals New motherhood: a moment of change in everyday shopping practices?

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Burningham ◽  
Susan Venn ◽  
Ian Christie ◽  
Tim Jackson ◽  
Birgitta Gatersleben
Keyword(s):  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Everyday Activity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transition To Motherhood ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyles ◽  
Sociological Inquiry ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Becoming A Mother ◽  
Household Members

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw on data from 16 interviews (two each with eight women) to explore some of the ways in which everyday shopping may change as women become mothers. The meanings, practices and implications of the transition to motherhood have long been a topic for sociological inquiry. Recently, interest has turned to the opportunities offered by this transition for the adoption of more sustainable lifestyles. Becoming a mother is likely to lead to changes in a variety of aspects of everyday life such as travel, leisure, cooking and purchase of consumer goods, all of which have environmental implications. The environmental impacts associated with such changes are complex, and positive moves toward more sustainable activities in one sphere may be offset by less environmentally positive changes elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on data from 16 interviews (two each with eight women) to explore some of the ways in which everyday shopping may change as women become mothers. Findings – This paper focuses on the ways in which modes and meanings of everyday shopping may shift through the transition to mother, and on indicating any potential sustainability implications. The paper explores the adoption of more structured shopping and of shifting the mode of grocery shopping online or offline. The paper draws attention to the way in which practices are embedded and interrelated and argue that more consideration needs to be given to the influence of all household members. Originality/value – The question here is not whether women purchase different products or consume more once they have a child, but rather how does the everyday activity of shopping for groceries and the meanings it has change with new motherhood and what sustainability implications might this have? In this context, this paper provides a novel addition to research on new mothers and consumption.

scholarly journals Refugees’ Encounters With Nordic Rural Areas–Darkness, Wind and “Hygge”!

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise Herslund ◽  
Gry Paulgaard
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Rural Life ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Empirical Material

The paper investigates how refugees settled in rural Norway and Denmark experience and interact with their new rural places of residence. Theoretically, the paper finds inspiration in “phenomenology of practices” (Simonsen, Prog. Hum. Geogr., 2012, 37, 10–26), which emphasizes the bodily and sensory experiences of daily life that spur feelings of, for example, “orientation” or “disorientation”. The empirical material is based on fieldwork and qualitative interviews with refugees and local volunteers in 2016/2017/2019 in small towns in the rural north of Norway and rural Denmark. There are several differences between the Norwegian and Danish rural areas, in relation to distances, climate and population density. Nonetheless, the ways in which the rural areas are experienced from within, by refugees settled there, show surprisingly many similarities. Many of the informants, in both the Norwegian and Danish cases, initially expressed frustration at being placed in rural areas without having any say in the matter. Those who were former city-dwellers especially experienced moments of disorientation, as their encounters with Nordic rural life were experienced as the opposite of their urban backgrounds. Limiting structural conditions very much shape the everyday lives of refugees in the first years, when they do not have a car or the financial capacity to find their own house. They feel stressed, with busy everyday lives made up of long commuting hours on public transport. In these first years of uncertainty, the dark and harsh weather very much adds to the feeling of stress and insecurity. What seem to add “orientation” are social relations with other refugees and local volunteers organizing activities.

scholarly journals Consumer behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 403-408
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Working People ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Main Instrument

Background. COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat in area of public health. In the light of dynamic increase of infections European countries decided to implement special safety measures in order to stop spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Reduction of the activity of shopping galleries, grocery stores and gastronomy directly impacted the change of consumer behaviours. Objective. The aim of this research was the analysis of consumer behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic regarding the use of gastronomical services, grocery shopping and undertaken safety measures. Material and methods. The main instrument was original survey conducted on-line in November 2020. The form consisted of metrics and close-ended questions about consumer behaviour during COVID-19 pandemic. 1080 respondents took part in the study (females - 850; men - 230). Results were mapped out in Statistics 13.1 program and graphical representation was prepared in Microsoft Excel. Results. More than half of respondents were working people (n=629; 58%). Vast majority of working respondents during the study were working stationary (n=304; 48%), while remotely only 33% (n=208). Among young respondents almost half of the group was unemployed (n=158; 45%), while the rest of the group was employed (n=195; 55%). Professional activities in the group of respondents that were still learning was mostly stationary/ physic (n=57; 29%). During the pandemic the stationary form of working switched into remote in every third of respondent (n=307; 28%). Conclusions. Global pandemic of COVID-19 forced people to change their current behaviours - both consumer and social. Consumers are aware of risks borne by SARS-CoV-2 infection, which may be concluded from undertaken safety measures.

scholarly journals The struggle and enrichment of play: Domestications and overflows in the everyday life of gamer parents

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (s4) ◽  
pp. 107-123
Author(s):  
Kristine Ask ◽  
Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen ◽  
Stine Thordarson Moltubakk
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Domestication Theory

Abstract Gaming is a frequent source of conflict for families. Research on parents and gaming has identified a lack of gaming-related expertise, a general devaluation or fear of play, and authoritative and restrictive parenting styles as key sources of conflict. What happens when these deficits are addressed? What does mediation look like when parents are expert gamers, enjoy play, and encourage play for their children? Based on qualitative interviews with 29 parents who identify as gamers, we explore how gamer parents domesticate games. To explore the work of stabilising gaming as a wholesome and valued pastime, we combine domestication theory with overflows to address the struggles involved. The analysis investigates how gamer parents mediate play, with an emphasis on how games are interpreted, the family's player practices, and the role of gaming-related expertise in accordance with the three dimensions (symbolic, practice, cognitive) of domestication theory.

scholarly journals Caregiving During COVID-19: A Multi-State Qualitative Study of Family Caregiver Experiences and Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 440-440
Author(s):  
Tonie Sadler ◽  
Kevin Yan ◽  
Daniel Brauner ◽  
Harold Pollack ◽  
R Tamara Konetzka
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Remote Healthcare ◽  
Caregiver Experiences ◽  
Healthcare Interventions ◽  
Services And Supports

Abstract COVID-19 poses unique challenges to family caregivers. This study explores how family caregivers for older adults with cognitive impairments experience and make decisions about caregiving during a global pandemic. Using purposive sampling, 63 family caregivers across eight states participated in open-ended qualitative interviews (2019-2020), until thematic saturation was reached. Questions broadly examined caregivers’ experiences and decisions, focusing on decisions made around type of care setting. Questions about responses to the Pandemic were added as events unfolded. States were selected to represent variation in Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) expenditures as a percentage of total Medicaid long-term services and supports expenditures. Family caregivers experienced significant concern about COVID-19 itself, and about the indirect consequences of caregiving caused by the pandemic. Caregivers also displayed flexibility and adaptability in ceasing selected services, contingently continuing services, and utilizing telemedicine and other remote healthcare interventions to protect their loved ones. Many family caregivers utilized remote health care tools such telemedicine, no-contact prescription and grocery delivery. Such measures improved service access and reduced caregiver workload. Given the persistent challenges posed by COVID-19, long-term service organizations have an opportunity to enhance their policies to meet the needs of caregivers and those they care for. There is a need to expand telemedicine and other remote healthcare tools, while adapting these technologies to the needs of families. Also, procedures are needed for safe pathways to utilize HCBS and nursing care during a pandemic including communication supports, sufficient PPE, increased staffing, and utilization of evidence-based protocols.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Appropriateness and Feasibility of the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13355
Author(s):  
Madeline Carbery ◽  
Richard Schulz ◽  
Juleen Rodakowski ◽  
Lauren Terhorst ◽  
Beth Fields
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Hospital Administrators ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Hospitalized Older Adults

Hospital practitioners rely on care partners of older adults to provide complex care without identifying and addressing their needs. The Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT) was developed to identify the education skill training needs of care partners of hospitalized older adults. This two-phased mixed-method study evaluated the appropriateness and feasibility of the CHAT. The phase 1 quantitative survey with caregiving experts indicated 70–100% agreement for the length and helpfulness of the CHAT (n = 23). These results were supported by phase 2 qualitative interviews with hospital administrators and practitioners, which revealed the following themes: (1) intuitive and clear design worth sustaining and (2) concerns and proposed solutions for implementation. Findings suggest the CHAT is an appropriate and feasible tool for hospital practitioners to tailor their education and skills training to address care partners’ needs. Identifying care partners’ needs is an important step in ensuring they are prepared to complete their caregiving responsibilities.

scholarly journals “We Really Help, Taking Care of Each Other”: Older Homeless Adults as Caregivers

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233372141989476
Author(s):  
Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack ◽  
Margot Kushel ◽  
Claire Ramsey ◽  
Margaret Handley ◽  
Kelly R. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Homeless Adults ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Taking Care

Objectives: Many older homeless adults maintain contact with family. We conducted a qualitative study examining the role of family caregiving for older homeless adults. Method: We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with a sample of 46 homeless participants who reported spending at least one night with a housed family member in the prior 6 months. Results: A total of 13 of 46 older adult participants provided caregiving. Themes included (a) the death of the care recipient led to the participant’s homelessness; (b) feeling a duty to act as caregivers; (c) providing care in exchange for housing; (d) caregivers’ ability to stay was tenuous; (e) providing care conflicted with the caregiver’s needs; and (f) resentment when family was ungrateful. Discussion: In a sample of older homeless adults in contact with family, many provided caregiving for housed family. For some, caregiving precipitated homelessness; for others, caregiving provided temporary respite from homelessness, and for others, caregiving continued during homelessness.

nr="371"Maghbouleh, Neda (2017): The Limits of Whiteness. Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 248 S.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-374
Author(s):  
Anke Wischmann
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Iranian Americans ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Everyday Politics ◽  
Politics Of Race

In den USA werden Menschen weiterhin viel expliziter anhand von ,,Rassenmerkmalen“ klassifiziert. So wird bis heute in Volkszählungen die ,,Rassezugehörigkeit“ abgefragt, die sich die Befragten somit selbst zuschreiben. In vielen Fällen scheint diese Zuordnung auf den ersten Blick eindeutig vorzunehmen zu sein aufgrund phänotypischer Merkmale. In dem Buch von Neda Maghbouleh wird einmal mehr deutlich, wie uneindeutig und gleichzeitig machtvoll diese Kategorisierungen auch heute noch sind. Sie widmet sich in ihrer Studie Menschen, deren Eltern aus dem Iran in die USA eingewandert sind, zumeist in der Folge der islamischen Revolution. Hierzu wurden qualitative Interviews geführt, ethnografische Beobachtungen vorgenommen und historische Dokumente analysiert.

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