Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071, Jaén, Spain.
BMC Geriatr. 2018 Sep 25;18(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0922-0.
The family often takes care of an elderly person who suddenly becomes dependent. This greatly affects different aspects of the caregivers' lives. The aim of this study is to explore the initial experiences, during the first year of care, of persons who suddenly become caregivers for elderly dependent relatives.
A search in CINAHL, PsycINFO, WOS, Medline, and Scopus and a metasynthesis of qualitative research were conducted including 19 articles.
Three categories were developed to explain the process of becoming a caregiver 'taking on the role' (life changes, uncertainty and confusion, and acceptance or resistance); 'beginning to realise' (new needs, impact, and appraisal); and 'implementing strategies' (seeking help and self-learning, reordering family and social relationships, solving problems, and devising strategies to decrease negative emotions and stress).
The synthesis provides a comprehensive understanding of the experience of becoming a caregiver in order to help health-care professionals to adapt care plans to this situation.
家庭经常照顾突然变得依赖的老年人。这会极大地影响照顾者生活的各个方面。本研究旨在探索那些突然成为依赖老年人亲属照顾者的人在照顾的第一年中的最初体验。
在 CINAHL、PsycINFO、WOS、Medline 和 Scopus 中进行了检索，并对定性研究进行了荟萃分析，共纳入了 19 篇文章。
为了解释成为照顾者的过程，我们提出了三个类别：“承担角色”（生活变化、不确定性和困惑、接受或抵制）；“开始意识到”（新的需求、影响和评估）；和“实施策略”（寻求帮助和自我学习、重新安排家庭和社会关系、解决问题以及制定策略来减少负面情绪和压力）。
该综合研究全面了解了成为照顾者的体验，以便帮助医疗保健专业人员针对这种情况调整护理计划。
