Objectives:
The purpose of the study was to examine and compare the dementia-related discourse and language used by people with mild neurocognitive disorder (MND), their family members, and family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease in Israel and Germany.
Design:
This secondary qualitative analysis included focus groups and semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis was used to reveal the main discourses and stigmatic language used regarding dementia and people with dementia.
Setting:
Israeli and German stakeholders.
Participants:
Forty-four Israeli and 44 German participants: 28 people with MND, 20 family members of people with MND, and 40 family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease.
Results:
Two main discourses were identified: the tragedy and the biomedical discourse. The tragedy discourse included several subthemes:…
