TY  - GEN
N2  - Dementia is a multifaceted disease characterized by a decline in cognitive functioning that can impair social functioning and eventually impair a person's ability to care for oneself and the fifth leading cause of death for adults 65 years and older. An estimated 5.7 million people in the United States had a diagnosis of dementia in 2018; with total payments for health care, long-term care and hospice estimated at $277 billion. The impaired psychological and behavioral functioning characteristic of dementia negatively influences quality of life (QOL) of persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers. The studies in this Dissertation will examine, from a cultural context, the variability that exists within the caregiving process for African American dementia dyads 
concerning: 1) formal care use by the dyad, 2) the associations of various factors within the family with QOL of both members of the dyad and 3) the associations between decision-making of the PWD, formal care use and QOL of African American PWDs and their caregivers.
DO  - 10.6083/d504rk87g
DO  - DOI
AB  - Dementia is a multifaceted disease characterized by a decline in cognitive functioning that can impair social functioning and eventually impair a person's ability to care for oneself and the fifth leading cause of death for adults 65 years and older. An estimated 5.7 million people in the United States had a diagnosis of dementia in 2018; with total payments for health care, long-term care and hospice estimated at $277 billion. The impaired psychological and behavioral functioning characteristic of dementia negatively influences quality of life (QOL) of persons with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers. The studies in this Dissertation will examine, from a cultural context, the variability that exists within the caregiving process for African American dementia dyads 
concerning: 1) formal care use by the dyad, 2) the associations of various factors within the family with QOL of both members of the dyad and 3) the associations between decision-making of the PWD, formal care use and QOL of African American PWDs and their caregivers.
T1  - Formal care, quality of life and patterns: decision-making involvement of african american dementia dyads
DA  - 2019
AU  - Bonds, Kalisha
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7578/files/bonds.kalisha.2019.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2019
ID  - 7578
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7578/files/bonds.kalisha.2019.pdf
KW  - Quality of Life
KW  - Caregivers
KW  - Decision Making
KW  - Dementia
KW  - african americans
KW  - alzheimer's disease
TI  - Formal care, quality of life and patterns: decision-making involvement of african american dementia dyads
Y1  - 2019
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7578/files/bonds.kalisha.2019.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7578/files/bonds.kalisha.2019.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7578/files/bonds.kalisha.2019.pdf
ER  -