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Table 1 Themes and subthemes revealed by qualitative content analysis of interviews with Iranian immigrant with dementia in Sweden

From: Experiences of dementia in a foreign country: qualitative content analysis of interviews with people with dementia

Themes

Subthemes

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