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Macau Periodical Index (澳門期刊論文索引)
- Author
- Lage, Isabel; Paúl, Constança
- Title
- Family elderly care: experiences of informal caregivers to non demented elderly
- Journal Name
- 澳門醫學雜誌
- Pub. Info
- 2008年6月26日, Vol.8, No.2, pp. 139-145
- Link
- https://www.ssm.gov.mo/docs//2205/2205_4564a1ad029346bfabb627a1ec3f20cd_000.pdf
- Keyword
- Elderly；Primary informal caregivers；Experience；Phenomenology
- Abstract
- Abstract : The goal of this article is to describe the meaning of caregiving felt by primary caregivers to non demented elderly people. For this study we used van Kaam's phenomenological method. After the analysis of the non structured interviews to nineteen primary caregivers, four major themes emerged: consequences on personal life; belongingness, reciprocity and structure of caregiving relationship; organizing demands and interdependency of the relationships and the tasks; and, to care by choice. Acknowledging the importance of families taking care of their elderly is gaining a better understanding of psychosocial determinants of the caregivers' subjective well-being and health. The attention given to caregivers experience, either positive of negative, help construct the meaning of the experience and assure that more and better care been given. Paragraph Headings: 1. Literature Revision 2. Goal 3. Method 4. Data Analysis 4.1. Extraction of exprssions 4.2. Identification of similar expressions 4.3. Identification of themes 4.4. Identificaions of common elements 5. Results 5.1. Consequences in Personal Life 5.2. Belongingness, Reciprocity and Structure of Caregiving relationship 5.3. Organization of the Demands and Interdependency of Relationships and Tasks 5.4. To Care by Choice 6. Discussion 7. Conclusion