Belonging through a communicative lens in dementia caregiving: qualitative study of autobiographical caregivers narratives.

This qualitative study examined 23 autobiographical narratives to understand how dementia caregivers discursively construct a sense of belonging through In this study, belonging is understood as an individual feeling valued by a group that is communicatively enacted by both the individual and members of the group. This exploratory study revealed two characteristics of belonging as a communicative concept: (a) two-way street and (b) multi-faceted. Findings suggest that belonging is a more nuanced concept than previously thought.