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- Stoltz, Peter, et al.
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Support for family carers who care for an elderly person at home- a systematic literature review
- 2004
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - 0283-9318. ; 18:2, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Family carers are a major source of help and assistance to the persons they provide care for. They are also major contributors to the welfare system, balancing the national healthcare expenditure. Increasing attention, in research as well as government policy, is being paid to their role as informal caregivers. Support to family carers seems to be a new “buzz-word” in Swedish government policy. However, supporting family carers may prove to be a more complex endeavour than one initially might be led to believe. Support could here be understood as any services, assistances, education, information, attitudes, lay or professional persons provision for the benefit of the family carer. The aim of this systematic review was to identify modes of, and scientific evidence on, support for family carers of cohabiting elderly persons. The method followed a seven-step model: a focused research question was formulated creating a base for deriving search words and inclusion and exclusion criteria for studies. Systematic database searches identified several studies some of which were retrieved, critically appraised and classified by two independent reviewers. A total of 26 articles were finally included, revealing that family carers fear social isolation and wish to network in groups with peers, either for social or for learning needs purposes. Family carers also desire respite care. However, it is unclear whether they actually benefit from any of the above or how service provision should be attempted.
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- Stoltz, Peter, et al.
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The Meaning of Being Supportive for Family Caregivers as Narrated by Registered Nurses Working in Palliative Homecare
- 2006
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Ingår i: Nursing Science Quarterly. - 0894-3184. ; 19:2, s. 163-173
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to illuminate the meaning of being supportive to family carers who care for a relative at home as narrated by registered nurses. The context used to allow for the meaning of being supportive to be illuminated was palliative home care. The study uses a phenomenological hermeneutical method based on the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur. Data consisted of narrative interviews, transcribed verbatim into text which was analysed in three recurring phases: naive reading, structural analyses and interpreted whole. The total of 20 nurses who participated in the study were affiliated with three different hospitals in southern Sweden. Several subthemes and themes were formed from the rich material into two core themes: ‘Forming a relationship’ and ‘Keeping caregiving at home’. In the interpreted whole, dimensions to the meaning of being supportive as illuminated by the nurses narratives are discussed in relation to literature that has potential to open up for a widened and deepened understanding of the phenomenon.
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- Stoltz, Peter, et al.
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The Meaning of Support as Narrated by Family Carers Who Care for a Senior Relative at Home
- 2006
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Ingår i: Qualitative Health Research. - 1049-7323. ; 16:5, s. 594-610
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to illuminate the meaning of support as narrated by family carers who care for a senior relative at home. This study originates from a context of advanced in-home palliative care in Sweden. Twenty (n=20) family carers, who cared for a senior relative at home, participated. Narrative interviews resulted in a text which was analysed in three recurring phases: naive understanding, structural analyses and comprehensive understanding using a phenomenological hermeneutical method, inspired by the philosophy of Ricoeur. Two themes were formulated from the analysis: “Experiencing a togetherness with others in caring” and “Sensing togetherness with oneself in caring”. The meaning of support was here understood as “Sensing togetherness”. In the comprehensive understanding this meaning was further illuminated by literature on the concepts of friendship, inner strength and manageability through the sense of coherence theory. Suggestions of relevance to practice and further research are given.
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