Quality of Life Amongst Family Caregivers of Older Persons with Terminal Illnesses

Ghani, Siti Norehan Ab; Ainuddin, Husna Ahmad; Dahlan, Akehsan

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.10.228

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“…As most of the research showed how family caregiving could negatively affect caregivers, the study by Ghani, Ainudin and Dahlan showed different responses (Ghani et al, 2016). Ten caregivers in Selangor participated in a semi-structured interview to determine the quality of life among family caregivers taking care of older persons with terminal illnesses.…”

Section: Quarter Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, female caregivers feel more burdened than male caregivers (Lai et al, 2019;Mulud & McCarthy, 2017). Out of seventeen studies that mainly mentioned the negative influence of caregiving on the life of caregivers, one study conducted in Selangor showed a more positive perspective where caregiving tasks were perceived as an opportunity for them to strengthen the family bond and help the caregivers to improve the sense of self-worth (Ghani et al, 2016). This study is also in accordance with previous research set in Iran which describes the challenges of caregivers which are almost the same (Akbari et al, 2018)…”

Section: Burdenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A review on family caregiving challenges in Malaysia

Chan

Matsah²,

Yusuf³

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Family caregiving often involves family members, relatives, and partners with whom the patients have a personal relationship to assist the care. The roles of caregivers are extensive and require a lot of effort, time, and commitment. These demands might possibly affect the life of caregivers. This paper aims to identify how family caregiving in Malaysia might have jeopardized the caregiver's life. A systematic approach analysis was utilized in this study while including seventeen articles. The exclusion criteria were articles published in reputable journals containing the research topic with the keywords “burden”, “finance”, and “stress”. The focus of the study was on the impact, mental health status, quality of life, and burden related to caregivers in Malaysia. The articles were categorized into four themes: mental health status, impact, quality of life, and burden towards family caregiving in Malaysia. The results showed that in the theme of mental health status, caregivers experienced significant stress and one of the factors is the family's lack of knowledge in dealing with stress. Meanwhile, in terms of impact, the results indicated that caregivers experienced negative impacts on their emotions and health. In the quality of life theme, the results presented that family caregiving had a positive impact on increasing bonding between patients and caregivers. The results also showed that caregivers experienced burdens related to financial issues and lack of social support. This study recommends mental health professionals provide support, knowledge, and training for caregivers to maintain their psychological well-being.

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A review on family caregiving challenges in Malaysia

Chan

Matsah²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2022

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“…It is unveiled that intervention rate on patients and the time spent on direct care is found to be higher on accredited acute care hospitals relative to the non-accredited (Um, Lyu, Lee, & Park, 2018). Improved delivery of care and conducive healing environment do not only affect patient satisfaction and health (Ghazali & Abbas, 2012), but it can be extended into strengthening the patients' relationship with their family members, thus creating stronger family units in the community (Ghani, Ainuddin, & Dahlan, 2016). Apart from that, hope and trusts on healthcare providers are not only limited to patients but also the family members (Hashim & Hussin, 2012) which strengthen for the needs to improve the quality of services in healthcare facilities.…”

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SME Healthcare Operators’ Readiness to Accreditation: Challenges and the way forward

Abdullah

Rosnan

Yusof

2018

E-BPJ

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SME healthcare include the number of beds and other healthcare facilities that are not inpatient-based. While there is over 70 Malaysian healthcare centres that attract foreign patients, only thirteen are internationally accredited. Analysis from literature found that Malaysian SME healthcare providers are not ready for accreditation which partially due to financial and human resource constraints. Future research is called to gain empirical data on understanding the readiness, challenges and strategies to be implemented. The article is prominent in assisting the SME healthcare providers’ behavioural change on the way towards accreditation for the growth of the medical tourism industry in Malaysia.eISSN: 2398-4287© 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bsby e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v3i8.1391

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“…Such practice does not only result in improved service quality for the local patients but also as an added value to the overall service quality of Malaysian healthcare system which stands as a strong point for the development of tourism industry as a whole (Azmi & Ismail, 2016). Easy access for the records would result in seamless healthcare experience for the patients while having improved care delivery would help in improving the quality of life of the family members (Ghani, Ainuddin, & Dahlan, 2016). This can come through being more empathic to the patients' problems, improving their sense of becoming a better person and strengthening their family relationships.…”

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Internationalisation of Healthcare: A fairer approach for local patients

Abdullah

Rosnan

Yusof

2018

ajE-Bs

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Malaysia is among the selected countries for medical tourism due to its excellent healthcare services. Nevertheless, there are concerns if service providers are balancing the local and foreign patients’ healthcare demands due to the similarities and differences of their behaviour on these two groups. Through literature analysis, it is found the lack of discussion on medical practitioners’ behaviour towards local patients, this paper aims to analyse the that unhealthy behaviour towards local patients is profound. Hence, the discussions are hoped to spark the policy-makers’ attention in restructuring the healthcare policy to realign the medical practitioners’ behaviour on both patient groups. Keywords:Medical Tourism; Healthcare Internationalisation; Medical Practitioners; Local Patients eISSN 2514-751X © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRAcE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) andcE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v4i12.338

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Quality of Life Amongst Family Caregivers of Older Persons with Terminal Illnesses

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

A review on family caregiving challenges in Malaysia

A review on family caregiving challenges in Malaysia

SME Healthcare Operators’ Readiness to Accreditation: Challenges and the way forward

Internationalisation of Healthcare: A fairer approach for local patients

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