Paula Lambert, MN, BScN, RN, is a Clinical Practice Leader, National Service Centre, Bayshore HealthCare, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Home Healthc Now. 2024;42(6):337-346. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001302. Epub 2024 Nov 4.
An expanding body of literature suggests that informal caregiver burden is a growing issue that negatively impacts care recipients, informal caregivers, and formal care providers. Costs associated with informal caregiver burden include risk to the informal caregiver's physical, emotional, and psychological well-being and increased potential to perpetrate violence. By identifying interventions to support informal caregivers, home healthcare nurses can help decrease the risk of negative outcomes and reduce the burden on informal caregivers. This paper examines home healthcare nurses' role in helping reduce the impact of informal caregiver burden, thereby reducing the risk for violence. By prioritizing caregiver burden as a critical area of focus in reducing violence risk, home healthcare organizations and the nurses who work for them can help address gaps in care while also recognizing the informal caregivers' critical role in caring for their loved ones.
越来越多的文献表明，非专业照顾者的负担是一个日益严重的问题，会对照顾对象、非专业照顾者和专业照顾提供者产生负面影响。非专业照顾者负担所带来的相关成本包括对非专业照顾者身心健康的风险，以及增加实施暴力的可能性。通过确定支持非专业照顾者的干预措施，家庭保健护士可以帮助降低负面结果的风险，减轻非专业照顾者的负担。本文探讨了家庭保健护士在帮助减轻非专业照顾者负担的影响方面的作用，从而降低暴力风险。通过将照顾者负担作为降低暴力风险的重点关注领域，家庭保健组织和为其工作的护士可以帮助解决护理中的差距，同时认识到非专业照顾者在照顾亲人方面的关键作用。
