Informal Care Provided by Family Caregivers: Experiences of Older Adults With Multimorbidity
2016 (English)In: Journal of Gerontological Nursing, ISSN 0098-9134, E-ISSN 1938-243X, Vol. 8, no 42, p. 24-31Article in journal (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Informal care given by family caregivers is an important part of
the total care provided to older adults with multimorbidity. The
current study aimed to describe how older adults with multimorbidity
experienced care from family caregivers. Interviews were
conducted with 24 participants (mean age = 86 years). Older
adults with multimorbidity felt gratitude toward family caregivers
for their willingness to help with everyday life and for representing
their interests in contacts with health care providers. Family
caregivers also had a significant impact on older adults’ psychological
well-being. However, the results also showed that older
adults often felt they were a burden to their family caregivers
and that their independence might be reduced. Older adults with
multimorbidity should have the opportunity to be more involved
in and have more influence over their health care so that they
do not have to depend on representation by family caregivers.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Slack , 2016. Vol. 8, no 42, p. 24-31
Keywords [en]
Informal care, Family caregivers, older adults, multimorbidity, experiences
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-5390DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20160615-06ISI: 000386651400004PubMedID: 27319404Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85041249897Local ID: 21255OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-5390DiVA, id: diva2:1402250
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