2 | 45 Theme 5: Health status of the PwMC Personal characteristics You know, getting in and out of the car, so as much as possible, even now she doesn’t want to go for her evening strolls in the wheel chair. She says it makes her giddy. So you can see that more movement is causing her to get this [giddy]. She gets like a vertigo attack, and she starts throwing up. So as much as possible I don’t want much change in her life. (39) P15: it runs in the family, and that is another reason why I decided relatively quickly to do something. (41) Medical characteristics “In January 2009 Hazel was supposed to pick up the carer after an event but she did not turn up. After several hours the police found her sitting in her car on the side of the road saying that she was lost. Though no medical reason for the incident was found [the carer] remained deeply concerned and in March she saw her mother’s GP and explained the situation” (40). Theme 6: Societal factors Stigmatization “You know mental illness always has a stigma attached to it; it’s not like just saying that person’s just broken their leg . . . I think there’s that the residue of having to deal with institutions and outside agencies from a very, for something that’s for a mental illness.” (46) Cultural beliefs “You don’t want to bring in outside agencies unless you have to . . . because it’s intrusive . . . and when you can’t deal with it we’ll go to outside agencies who will help us deal with it. That’s where we’re coming from.” (46) Now my turn to take care of her. That time only, I got three daughters, Primary 5, Secondary 1 [and] Secondary 4. My mother still can walk a little bit. She helped me. I go work. She looked after my daughter. Since my mother like that, I have to take of my mother. (39) Socioeconomic status “Because he was actually fired on the spot, you need to apply for unemployment benefits, but I wanted it to be sickness benefits, because I thought: a new job is out of the question” (41) Note. HCP = Health Care Professional, PwMC = Person with Memory Complaints.
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