To manage a complex dependency: The experience of caregiving after a fall
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Title: | To manage a complex dependency: The experience of caregiving after a fall |
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Authors: | Cuesta-Benjumea, Carmen de la | Ramis Ortega, Emilia | Arredondo-González, Claudia Patricia |
Research Group/s: | Calidad de Vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Salud | Enfermería y Cultura de los Cuidados (EYCC) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud |
Keywords: | Caregiving | Focus groups | Nursing home care | Older people | Falls | Qualitative approaches |
Knowledge Area: | Enfermería |
Issue Date: | 21-Aug-2018 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Citation: | Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2019, 75(1): 138-149. doi:10.1111/jan.13831 |
Abstract: | Aim: To understand the experience of family members of an older relative who has had a fall which required medical attention. Background: There is abundant bibliography in caregiving, but little is known about the problems faced by caregivers and how family members cope when their older relative has a fall. Design: Qualitative study that used a symbolic interactionism perspective. Methods: Twenty‐two people with older relatives, who had had a fall and contacted health services in Spain, participated in the study. Data were obtained via written accounts, focus groups, and semi‐structured interviews between February 2014 ‐ December 2015. Analysis was guided by grounded theory procedures. Results: With the fall, dependency becomes a complex issue for the family. To manage a complex dependency is the core issue that emerges from the data analysis. It depicts family efforts to assist their relative in gaining autonomy after a fall, in the best conditions they can provide. They do this with little guidance and support from healthcare professionals. Conclusions: Guides and protocols for the care of a fragile older person, particularly after a fall, should not only include care but also support to caregivers. Health professionals and especially nurses need to be aware and respond to the family caregivers needs after a fall. To the fall prevention initiatives already in place, it must be added that those who support family members to cope with the care of an older person who has had a fall. |
Sponsor: | Authors receive funds to conduct this research from the Nursing Scientific Association of Spain (SCELE), Charo Palencia Grant. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/82752 |
ISSN: | 0309-2402 (Print) | 1365-2648 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1111/jan.13831 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13831 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CV, BP Y S - Artículos de Revistas INV - EYCC - Artículos de Revistas |
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