Authors

Alcie DeJarnett

Interviewer

Diana Parnicza

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These are a part of a series of interviews which Diana Parnicza conducted in the course of her project concerning Appalachian caregivers. Alcie DeJarnett (identified in the interview as Caregiver #3) discusses: her family and family situation in great detail; a detailed discussion of taking care of her husband; her own health; the decision to care for her husband at home rather than at a nursing home; nurse aids; how life has changed since her husband became sick; and other topics. She also answers a survey consisting of 90 true-or-false questions designed to give an impression about the interviewee's family life.

Publication Date

1989

Identifier

OH64-467

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

DeJarnett, Alcie, -- Autobiography.
Health behavior -- Oral Histories.
Caregivers -- Oral Histories.
Medical care surveys -- Oral Histories.
Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-467.

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Oral History Interview: Alcie DeJarnett

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