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100 1 a| Harrington, Candace Currie,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Family dementia caregivers' perceptions of the Virtual Dementia Tour® :b| a changed reality /c| by Candace Currie Harrington.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2018.;

300 a| 127 pages :b| color illustrations.;

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490 1 a| ECU College of Nursing dissertation;

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502 b| Ph.D.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2018.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of College of Nursing;

500 a| Advisor: Janice A. Neil;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 24, 2019).;

520 3 a| Family dementia caregiving involves many challenges that often lead to stress and frustration. A subjective understanding of the daily struggles associated with dementia is not possible unless one has the disease; therefore, the family dementia caregiver's perception of dementia might be incongruent with their family member's lived experience. The Virtual Dementia Tour®(VDT) provides a vicarious first-person perspective for six of the most common symptoms of dementia. Although extensive evidence supports the use of the Virtual Dementia Tour® in the healthcare profession and education, no research studies were found investigating the Virtual Dementia Tour® with family dementia caregivers. This hermeneutic phenomenological study discovered family dementia caregivers' perceptions of the VDT® and its impact on family dementia caregivers' perceived reality of their family member living with dementia. Ten participants were recruited for in-depth open semi-structured interviews following participation in the Virtual Dementia Tour® at a community event. Data analysis was performed using a modification of Colaizzi's (1978) method for phenomenological analysis. One over-arching theme, It Changed Me, described the culmination of the participants' experiences leading to a changed reality of their family member living with dementia. Four supporting subthemes described the participants' internal processes toward empathic understanding, interpretation, and responsiveness. The findings suggest that family dementia caregivers interpreted their experience in the Virtual Dementia Tour® with empathic understanding and responsiveness. The VDT® had a powerful impact that led to an eye-opening epiphany about the lived experience of dementia and served as a "call to action" to change expectations and approach to caregiving. This study begins to fill a gap in the body of nursing knowledge and research about the value of the Virtual Dementia Tour® with family dementia caregivers in community settings. Moreover, it highlights the need to combine this experience with formal training to improve the quality of family dementia care.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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Family dementia caregivers' perceptions of the Virtual Dementia Tour® : a changed reality / by Candace Currie Harrington.

Author/creator	Harrington, Candace Currie author.
Other author	Neil, Janice A., degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. College of Nursing.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2018.
Description	127 pages : color illustrations.
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Caregivers. Dementia. Perception.

Series	ECU College of Nursing dissertation ECU College of Nursing dissertation. UNAUTHORIZED
Summary	Family dementia caregiving involves many challenges that often lead to stress and frustration. A subjective understanding of the daily struggles associated with dementia is not possible unless one has the disease; therefore, the family dementia caregiver's perception of dementia might be incongruent with their family member's lived experience. The Virtual Dementia Tour®(VDT) provides a vicarious first-person perspective for six of the most common symptoms of dementia. Although extensive evidence supports the use of the Virtual Dementia Tour® in the healthcare profession and education, no research studies were found investigating the Virtual Dementia Tour® with family dementia caregivers. This hermeneutic phenomenological study discovered family dementia caregivers' perceptions of the VDT® and its impact on family dementia caregivers' perceived reality of their family member living with dementia. Ten participants were recruited for in-depth open semi-structured interviews following participation in the Virtual Dementia Tour® at a community event. Data analysis was performed using a modification of Colaizzi's (1978) method for phenomenological analysis. One over-arching theme, It Changed Me, described the culmination of the participants' experiences leading to a changed reality of their family member living with dementia. Four supporting subthemes described the participants' internal processes toward empathic understanding, interpretation, and responsiveness. The findings suggest that family dementia caregivers interpreted their experience in the Virtual Dementia Tour® with empathic understanding and responsiveness. The VDT® had a powerful impact that led to an eye-opening epiphany about the lived experience of dementia and served as a "call to action" to change expectations and approach to caregiving. This study begins to fill a gap in the body of nursing knowledge and research about the value of the Virtual Dementia Tour® with family dementia caregivers in community settings. Moreover, it highlights the need to combine this experience with formal training to improve the quality of family dementia care.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of College of Nursing
General note	Advisor: Janice A. Neil
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed May 24, 2019).
Dissertation note	Ph.D. East Carolina University 2018.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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