The Impact of Respite Programming on Caregiver Resilience in Dementia Care: A Qualitative Examination of Family Caregiver Perspectives
The Impact of Respite Programming on Caregiver Resilience in Dementia Care: A Qualitative Examination of Family Caregiver Perspectives
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DOI：
10.1177/0046958017751507
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发表时间：
2018-02-09
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Struckmeyer, Kristopher M.
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作者：
Roberts, Emily;Struckmeyer, Kristopher M.
患有痴呆症的亲属的家庭成员通常会经历所谓的“意想不到的照顾者职业”，并面临多方面，复杂和紧张的生活状况，这些情况可能会产生重要的后果。本探索性研究旨在通过照顾者恢复力和照顾者喘息规划的视角来解决这一重大的公共卫生挑战。虽然许多照顾者报告说，他们从他们的照顾角色中获得了重大的情感和精神回报，但许多人也经历了与日常照顾的压力和需求直接相关的身体和情感问题。缓解这些需求的一种方法是日益增长的临时护理领域，为护理人员提供各种设置的服务。通过对33名痴呆症患者的家庭照顾者进行面对面访谈的定性分析，出现了几个主题，描述了照顾者恢复能力的途径，包括家庭动态、孤立、经济困难、寻求喘息和接受。虽然许多研究都集中在照顾负担的角度，但本研究的创新之处在于将弹性框架应用于喘息规划的结果。
Family members with a relative with dementia often experience what has been called the "unexpected career of caregiver" and face multifaceted, complex, and stressful life situations that can have important consequences. This exploratory study was designed to address this major public health challenge through the lens of caregiver resilience and caregiver respite programming. While many caregivers report that they derive significant emotional and spiritual rewards from their caregiving role, many also experience physical and emotional problems directly related to the stress and demands of daily care. One way to alleviate these demands is the growing respite care field, providing services in a variety of settings for caregiver. Through qualitative analysis from face-to-face interviews with 33 family caregivers of individuals with dementia, several themes emerged describing the path to caregiver resilience which include family dynamics, isolation, financial struggles, seeking respite, and acceptance. While much research focuses on a caregiving burden perspective, the innovation of the present study is applying the resilience framework to outcomes from respite programming.