Mefteh Kidus Yenealem, Shenkute Bereket Kebede
Department of Social Work, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Sep 5;16:2473-2482. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S378153. eCollection 2022.
This study aimed to describe the experience of rural family caregivers' motive to care for older adults in rural Ethiopia.
We used a descriptive phenomenological study method. Data from semi-structured interviews with purposively sampled caregivers were inductively coded and developed into themes. Mechanisms were used to increase the trustworthiness of the study.
The main theme that emerged from the data as motives for caregiving for rural older adults are traditional norms of filial responsibility and indebtedness, religious values, quality of a relationship, and older adults' reciprocity materially, in knowledge, work sharing, and emotional companionship.
There is no single motive among family caregivers that initiate co-residential caregiving for older adults. Multiple motives of obligation, altruism, religious values, emotional attachment, economic motive, and reciprocity of care have contributed to co-residential family care.
Strengthening the capacity of family caregivers through training and economic support to care for older adults should be emphasized. Early child-parent relationships and religious values should get attention from family practitioners and policymakers.
本研究旨在描述埃塞俄比亚农村家庭照顾者照顾老年人的动机体验。
我们采用描述性现象学研究方法。对有目的抽样的照顾者进行半结构化访谈的数据进行归纳编码，并形成主题。采用多种机制来提高研究的可信度。
从数据中浮现出的作为农村老年人照顾动机的主要主题是孝顺责任和感恩的传统规范、宗教价值观、关系质量以及老年人在物质、知识、工作分担和情感陪伴方面的互惠。
家庭照顾者中没有单一的动机启动对老年人的共同居住照顾。义务、利他主义、宗教价值观、情感依恋、经济动机和照顾的互惠等多种动机促成了共同居住的家庭照顾。
应强调通过培训和经济支持来增强家庭照顾者照顾老年人的能力。家庭从业者和政策制定者应关注早期的亲子关系和宗教价值观。
