Feliciano Alfredo, Feliciano Evelyn, Palompon Daisy, Gonzales Ferdinand
College of Nursing, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, 2009, Philippines.
College of Nursing, Cebu Normal University, Cebu City, 6000, Philippines.
Belitung Nurs J. 2022 Apr 26;8(2):86-92. doi: 10.33546/bnj.2004. eCollection 2022.
Acceptance of roles in the care of older adults by a family caregiver depends on factors emanating from commitment to familial relationships, widespread cultural expectation, and debt of gratitude. This study aims to develop a theory that explains the acceptance of the role of caregiving of the older adults by the family caregiver necessary to predict behavioral adaptation and control caring phenomenon that favors successful meeting of caring expectation across trajectory phases and transitions. A deductive axiomatic approach to theory generation was utilized, resulting in four axioms that served as bases for four propositions. Acceptance Theory of Family Caregiving implies that older adults who expect their children to take care of them as they age have cultural influence and that the acceptance of the role will determine the caregiver's acceptance of consequences in the form of physical, economical, psychological, and spiritual aspects. In terms of preparedness, family members who accept the possibility of the decline of their older adults are more likely to be assume caregiving roles efficaciously. In the process that family members face in this so-called trajectory caregiving process, resources play a significant role. The developed theory suggests that the care of the older adult in the family caregiving process is determined by the acceptance of role assumption by the family caregiver across trajectory phases. This study highlights the vital implication of acceptance of role assumption to the outcomes of the caregiving process with respect to older adult care, prevention of family caregiver burden, and establishment of strong familial and social relationships.
家庭照顾者对照顾老年人角色的接受程度取决于源于对家庭关系的承诺、广泛的文化期望和感恩之情的因素。本研究旨在构建一种理论，以解释家庭照顾者接受照顾老年人角色的情况，这对于预测行为适应和控制照顾现象至关重要，因为这有利于在不同阶段和过渡过程中成功实现照顾期望。本研究采用了演绎公理法来生成理论，得出了四个公理，作为四个命题的基础。家庭照顾接受理论表明，期望子女在自己年老时照顾自己的老年人具有文化影响力，而对角色的接受将决定照顾者在身体、经济、心理和精神方面对后果的接受程度。在准备方面，接受老年人可能会衰退这一可能性的家庭成员更有可能有效地承担照顾角色。在家庭成员在这个所谓的轨迹照顾过程中所面临的过程中，资源起着重要作用。所构建的理论表明，在家庭照顾过程中对老年人的照顾是由家庭照顾者在不同轨迹阶段对角色承担的接受程度决定的。本研究强调了接受角色承担对于老年人照顾、预防家庭照顾者负担以及建立牢固的家庭和社会关系等照顾过程结果的重要意义。
