Braun H
Z Gerontol. 1983 Sep-Oct;16(5):210-5.
The study is based on interviews made with women who care for an elderly relative. The activities which they perform can be classified to five basic forms of assistance: basic care and nursing, psycho-social care, obligatory attendance, house keeping, and supporting contacts to the social environment. The relationships between these women and the elderly contain a certain amount of reciprocity, which is reflected in material and emotional gratifications for the person rendering help. The burdens on the helper result from constant awareness of the decrepitude of a relative, from fear of the future, and from the necessity of constantly being in attendance of a dependent person. Women who feel burdened by their tasks perceive few rewards from the relationship, and have the impression that the person being cared for has no adequate idea of the efforts made. Because of the burdens on the relatives, the continuation of care of the elderly in their familiar social environment remains precarious. This finding is not an argument against care in familiar surroundings, but it does call attention to the importance of mobile social services for stabilizing primary assistance.
该研究基于对照顾老年亲属的女性进行的访谈。她们所从事的活动可分为五种基本的协助形式：基础护理、心理社会护理、必要陪伴、家务料理以及与社会环境的支持性联系。这些女性与老年人之间的关系存在一定程度的互惠，这体现在给予帮助者所获得的物质和情感满足上。帮助者的负担源于对亲属衰老的持续认知、对未来的恐惧以及持续照料依赖者的必要性。因任务而感到负担沉重的女性从这种关系中获得的回报很少，并且感觉被照顾者对她们付出的努力认识不足。由于亲属负担过重，在熟悉的社会环境中继续照顾老年人的状况仍然不稳定。这一发现并非反对在熟悉环境中进行照料，但它确实提醒人们注意流动社会服务对于稳定初级协助的重要性。
