Cuidadoras Familiares Principais De Idosos Dependentes
Laços Familiares Em Questão
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 5833976 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Dinea Alcantara Palma (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2019 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019-03-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | THESIS |
| Editorial | Faculdades Catolicas (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17771/pucrio.acad.47831 |
| OpenAlex | W4241035069 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 5 |
The longevity of the population and, consequently, the increase of chronicdegenerative diseases that cause dependence, are a reality with which the Brazilian families are facing.In the social and family imaginary there is an expectation that women will be responsible for the care of the sick and the elderly.Considering the diversity of roles currently occupied by womendaughter, mother, wife, professionalcare for the dependent elderly becomes a challenge for this, causing innumerable feelings and changes in family dynamics to emerge.This study aimed to investigate the experience of the female family caregiver leading to the elderly dependent.We intended to investigate how the female caregiver perceives the repercussion of the caring function in their family; and to understand the specificities of the bond between the caregiver and the dependent elderly.We conducted a qualitative research, in which we interviewed eight women who were dependent caregivers, aged between 45 and 57 years.From the analysis of the discursive material collected in the interviews emerged five categories of analysis: 1) From autonomy to dependency: times of care; 2) Experience of care and its impacts; 3) The place of the primary caregiver of dependent elderly family members; 4) Care network and 5) Grief within the care.The diagnosis of dementia was prevalent in this study and had a great impact on caregivers.The evolution of the disease, with cognitive losses and increased dependence, aroused feelings of helplessness, impotence, sadness and guilt, emotionally overwhelming most caregivers.The naturalization of the caregiver's place and the lived losses are perceived by the interviewees as a destination.They do not question the repercussions of the overload associated with care with the dependent elderly relative in their lives.However, they report fewer opportunities for work and career advancement, as well as restrictions on social and leisure life.PUC-Rio -Certificação Digital No 1712286/CA Using medical and psychological treatments was a strategy to minimize the harmful effects of overload.The support network was essential for female caregivers to continue to perform other roles as both worker and mother
Autonomy · Dementia · Developmental psychology · Disease · Family caregivers · Feeling · Learned helplessness · Population · Sadness · Wife · Clinical Psychology · Health, Nursing, Elderly Care · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Youth, Drugs, and Violence · Gerontology
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| Altamente citado | No |