Ward D
Sch Inq Nurs Pract. 1990 Fall;4(3):223-36; discussion 237-9.
Nurses and scholars in other disciplines have examined the consequences of caregiving on the caregiver in behavioral and attitudinal terms, under the general rubric of "burden." This paper considers caregiver burden in less commonly used labor and economic terms. In addition to expanding nursing's conception of caregiver burden, this approach highlights issues gender-specific to the majority of caregivers, women. Housework is used as a model for women's unpaid work. Based on this model, studies are reviewed in which hours and dollars are measures of caregiving burden. Some specific calculations of the value of elder kin care are given. It is urged that the economic consequences of caregiving be routinely considered and evaluated when nurses in practice and/or research address the needs of caregivers.
护士和其他学科的学者已从行为和态度方面，在“负担”这一总体框架下研究了护理工作对护理者的影响。本文则从较少被使用的劳动和经济角度来考量护理者负担。除了拓展护理领域对护理者负担的概念认知外，这种方法还凸显了大多数护理者（即女性）所特有的性别问题。家务劳动被用作女性无偿工作的一个范例。基于此范例，本文回顾了一些将时长和金钱作为护理负担衡量指标的研究。文中给出了一些对老年亲属护理价值的具体计算。文中敦促，当执业护士和/或从事研究的护士关注护理者需求时，应常规性地考虑并评估护理工作的经济影响。
