Tabak N, Ehrenfeld M, Alpert R
Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Int J Nurs Pract. 1997 Jun;3(2):84-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-172x.1997.tb00079.x.
The purpose of this article is to examine the caregiver's feelings of anger, the causes of these feelings as described by the caregivers and their reactions. Twenty female caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients participated in a support group at a psychogeriatric centre for 3 years. The group was directed by a registered nurse and a social worker. Frequently, anger was raised as a major issue in the caregiving. The group directors constructed two models that emerged from the support group's meetings. The first model showed the sources of the anger felt by the caregivers and the second model showed coping strategies. The caregivers said that the most infuriating behaviours of patients Alzheimer's disease were: aggressive behaviour, sleeplessness and verbal or behavioural repetition. The caregiver's reactions to the two models are discussed in this paper together with their feelings, which expressed by the women in their own words.
本文旨在探讨照顾者的愤怒情绪、照顾者所描述的这些情绪的成因及其反应。20名阿尔茨海默病患者的女性照顾者在一家老年精神科中心参加了一个支持小组，为期3年。该小组由一名注册护士和一名社会工作者指导。愤怒情绪经常作为照顾过程中的一个主要问题被提出来。小组负责人构建了两个从支持小组会议中浮现出来的模型。第一个模型展示了照顾者所感受到的愤怒的来源，第二个模型展示了应对策略。照顾者表示，阿尔茨海默病患者最令人恼火的行为是：攻击性行为、失眠以及言语或行为的重复。本文讨论了照顾者对这两个模型的反应以及她们用自己的话表达出的感受。
