Themes | Subthemes |
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Being a person with dementia means living with forgetfulness (personal sphere) | Understanding of the forgetfulness |
Coping with the consequences of forgetfulness | |
Living with forgetfulness in the private sphere means feeling incompetent but still loved | Feeling incompetent in family roles |
Feeling loved and respected | |
Living with forgetfulness in the public sphere means feeling confident and secure but also isolated | Feeling secure |
Feeling confident in interacting with society | |
Feeling isolated |