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. 2022 Jul-Sep;45(3):174-177.
doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000329. Epub 2022 Apr 7.

Male Caregivers' Stories: How They Successfully Adjust to Partners With Stroke

Linda L Pierce  1 , Victoria Steiner
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Male Caregivers' Stories: How They Successfully Adjust to Partners With Stroke

Linda L Pierce et al. Fam Community Health. 2022 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Men transitioning from noncaregiver to caregiver for their partner (wife or long-term friend) with stroke may find that role unsettling. Male caregivers' success stories in caring for these partners through authors' reflections from their experience are shared. These men's stories focused on achievements: (1) gaining confidence through functional improvement; (2) nurturing success through mutually positive attitude; and (3) resuming "normal" roles. Providers can learn from these accounts, sharing these success stories with other caregivers so that they can successfully adapt to new roles in caring for women partners with stroke.

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Conflicts of Interest: There are none for each author.

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