Affective Impact on Informal Caregivers over 70 Years of Age: A Qualitative Study
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Title: | Affective Impact on Informal Caregivers over 70 Years of Age: A Qualitative Study |
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Authors: | Montejano Lozoya, Raimunda | Alcañiz Garrán, María del Mar | Ramos-Pichardo, Juan Diego | Sánchez-Alcón, Miriam | Garcia-Sanjuan, Sofia | Sanjuan-Quiles, Angela |
Research Group/s: | Calidad de Vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Salud | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Keywords: | Informal caregiving | Old age | Affective | Qualitative research | Agein |
Issue Date: | 27-Jan-2024 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Healthcare. 2024, 12(3): 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030329 |
Abstract: | Given today’s rapidly ageing society, family members providing informal care to dependent older adults face ever-increasing challenges. The aim of this study was to describe the affective impact on older adults over 70 years of age caring for a dependent older person at home. A qualitative study was designed from a phenomenological perspective. Thirteen in-depth interviews were conducted with caregivers aged 70 or older. A content analysis of the interviews was carried out in five stages. Three themes were identified: “Emotions”, “Feelings”, and “Looking to the future”. Caregivers express negative emotions (sadness, anger, and fear) and feelings of social and emotional isolation, and they feel abandoned by health professionals, family, and friends. In conclusion, prolonged caregiving by older adults has a negative affective impact and creates uncertainty about the future. There is a need to devise social and healthcare policies and actions, creating social support networks to improve their health and emotional wellbeing. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/140734 |
ISSN: | 2227-9032 |
DOI: | 10.3390/healthcare12030329 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030329 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas INV - CV, BP Y S - Artículos de Revistas |
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