Existential Absence: The Lived Experience of Family Members During Their Older Loved Ones Delirium

This article reports a phenomenological study that involved in-depth interviews with 14 women whose older loved one had delirium. Analysis and interpretation of the data depict the women’s experiences as "Changing family portraits: Sudden existential absence during delirium," capturing the way family members lose the taken-for-granted presence of their familiar older loved one and confront a stranger during delirium.

Source: Qualitative Health Research - December 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Day, J., Higgins, I. Tags: General: Articles Source Type: research