CAREGIVER PERCEPTIONS OF CARING FOR OLDER ADULTS

照顾者对照顾老年人的看法

• 批准号: 2256891
• 负责人: BARBARA J BOWERS
• 金额: $ 9.41万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-08-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2256891
• 关键词: aging; caregivers; data collection; extended care; family nursing; frail elderly; home health care; human subject; nursing care; nursing care evaluation; nursing care quality; nursing homes; perception

The applicant's long-term objectives are to develop a grounded theory of caregiving, The development of such a grounded theory can be pursued through a variety of research endeavors focusing on different types and combinations of caregivers, different populations of caregiving recipients, different micro (immediate environment) contexts of caregiving or different macro (socio economic systems) contexts of caregiving. The current study incorporates two caregiver types (nurses and nurseaides in long term care of the elderly) and two micro contexts, (nursing homes and home care). The two contexts have been explored previously by the applicant through the perspective of family caregivers. This study will add depth and complexity to the theory being developed by looking at different types of caregivers in the same two contexts. Specific aims for this study are: 1) to gain an understanding of how nurses and nurse-aides caring for the elderly in the home and the nursing home conceptualize and provide direct care and the relationship between conceptualization and practice, 2) to gain an understanding of how nurses in these two settings provide indirect care to the elderly through supervision of nurse-aides, and 3) to incorporate these findings into the caregiving theory developed by the applicant's previous studies of family caregiving in the same two settings. As with the previous studies, the grounded theory method will be used. Data will be collected by a combination of participant observation and indepth follow-up interviews with nurses and nurse-aides. Data analysis will be conducted concurrently with data collection by the principal investigator, a research assistant, and an analysis team. The findings will provide insights into how collaboration among nurses, nurse-aides, and family members can be enhanced to increase the quality of caregiver interactions and, consequently the quality of care to frail older adults.

申请人的长期目标是发展一个接地 这样一个扎根理论的发展可以是 通过各种研究努力，专注于不同的 照顾者的类型和组合，不同的照顾者群体， 接受者，不同的微观（直接环境）背景， 不同的宏观（社会经济系统）背景 - 不好意思 目前的研究包括两种照顾者类型（护士和 nurseaides在长期护理老年人）和两个微观背景下， （养老院和家庭护理）。 这两个背景已经探讨过了 以前由申请人通过家庭照顾者的角度。 这项研究将增加理论的深度和复杂性， 在相同的两种情况下观察不同类型的照顾者。 本研究的具体目的是：1）了解 护士和护士助手如何照顾家中的老人， 护理之家概念化并提供直接护理， 概念化和实践之间，2）了解 这两种环境中的护士如何为老年人提供间接护理 通过对护士助理的监督，以及3）将这些发现纳入 申请人先前的研究所发展的理论 在同样的两个场景下的家庭团聚。 与之前的研究一样，扎根理论方法将 采用 数据将通过参与者观察的组合收集 并对护士和护士助理进行深入的随访。 数据 分析将与数据收集同时进行， 首席研究员，一名研究助理和一个分析团队。 这些发现将为我们提供深入了解 护士，护士助手和家庭成员可以提高，以增加 护理人员互动的质量，从而提高护理质量 给年老体弱的人