The Lived Experiences of South Asian Adult-Child Caregivers to Parents with Dementia Living in Western Nations

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dc.contributor.authorNatt, Kiran
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T22:46:16Z
dc.date.available2025-02-13T22:46:16Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-01
dc.description.abstractThis capstone has found that while there are some positive elements to providing care to a parent with dementia within South Asian communities in Western countries, it is also a role that comes with many challenges. The caregivers face various systemic barriers related to medical systems, culture, religion, and language when trying to access external support. A cultural expectation of filial duty to care for one’s parent in old age without help can also act as a barrier to seeking support. These barriers leave adult children in a position of taking on most of the care on their own. Minimal awareness of dementia within South Asian communities leaves caregivers struggling to learn about it while trying to adopt a new way of life. Caregivers often do not open up because of the ignorance, stigma, and shame surrounding dementia and the social pressure to be self-sufficient. This can prevent them from opening up to family and friends about what they are going through. The hardships ultimately result in decreased mental wellbeing for South Asian adult-child caregivers which warrant the need for mental health support specific to these populations.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2676
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectdementia
dc.subjectSouth Asian
dc.subjectadult children
dc.subjectparents
dc.subjectcaregivers
dc.subjectWestern nations
dc.subjectlived experiences
dc.subjectfilial duty
dc.subjectsystemic barriers
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectstigma
dc.subjectcoping
dc.subjectburden
dc.titleThe Lived Experiences of South Asian Adult-Child Caregivers to Parents with Dementia Living in Western Nations
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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