2020
DOI: 10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2019-0043
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Quality of Life and Burden of Caregivers of Elderly People

Abstract: Objective: to assess caregivers’ quality of life and correlate it with elderly people’s quality of life, as well as assess the burden of caregivers of elderly people hospitalized in an Emergency Service and correlate it with their quality of life. Method: this is a cross-sectional and analytical study conducted with 250 caregivers of elderly patients admitted to the Emergency Service of Hospital São Paulo, Brazil, from December 2015 to January 2017. To assess caregivers’ quality of life, the generic Short-Fo… Show more

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“…Promoting rehabilitation programs can help address the needs of amputees' family members. Interventions to train family caregivers are fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge and strategies that help reduce their burden (16) . The needs and difficulties of the amputee's family caregiver are diverse and vary according to the transition phase in which the family caregiver and amputee person are in.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Promoting rehabilitation programs can help address the needs of amputees' family members. Interventions to train family caregivers are fundamental to the acquisition of knowledge and strategies that help reduce their burden (16) . The needs and difficulties of the amputee's family caregiver are diverse and vary according to the transition phase in which the family caregiver and amputee person are in.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some authors advocate the creation of educational manuals for caregivers directed to specific situations such as stroke (11) . This type of strategy, as well as the use of simulation, is intended to improve the quality of life, well-being, and burden of caregivers while promoting a more optimised and goal-oriented care delivery (10)(11)16) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O ato de cuidar de um ente querido, de um lado, pode ser gratificante e considerável, por representar uma forma de retribuição ao cuidado outrora recebido; por outro lado, se a obrigação é o único motor da tarefa, o cuidado gera sobrecarga e, por conseguinte, torna desgastante o processo, especialmente quando não é possível escolher ser (ou não ser) cuidador e quando o cuidado incide sobre um familiar apenas 15 . Nesse contexto, a fé e a religiosidade são estratégias utilizadas como apoio e forma de enfrentamento dos aspectos negativos na relação de cuidado, sendo estratégias eficazes de enfrentamento do estresse, da angústia, da depressão e da própria sobrecarga resultante do processo de cuidar 13 .…”
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“…Studies 9,15 show that the greater the dependency and impairment of the health of the older adult, the greater the physical symptoms and the overload in relation to the care provision, thereby causing worsened quality of life for the caregiver. Overload can also lead to the development of physical, emotional, psychiatric and social symptoms and the use of medication; it can additionally have a negative effect on finances and impair the quality of care provided [16][17] .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the one hand, the act of caring for a loved one can be rewarding and considerable, as it represents a form of retribution for the care once received; on the other hand, if the obligation is the only driver of the task, care generates overload and in turn makes the process exhausting, especially when it is not possible to choose to be (or not to be) a caregiver and when care focuses on only one family member 15 . In this context, faith and religiosity are strategies used as support and a way of coping with negative aspects in the care relationship, being effective strategies for coping with stress, anguish, depression and the burden resulting from the care process 13 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%