Moving from reclusion to partial freedom: the experience of family caregivers for disabled elderly persons assisted in a day care center

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Silvia Cristina Mangini Bocchi²  Karen Cristina Urtado Cano²  Lilian Baltieri²  Daniele Cristina Godoy¹  Wilza Carla Spiri²  Carmen Maria Casquel Monti Juliani² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de EnfermagemBotucatu SP

关键词: Elderly;    Family;    Day care;    Idoso;    Família;    Assistência diurna;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232010000600036

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed at understanding the interactional experience between family caregivers and disabled elderly persons supported in a Day Care Center according to the caregiver's perspective. It also aimed at developing a representative theoretical model for the events experienced by such caregiver. The Grounded Theory was used as methodological framework whereas Interactional Symbolism served as the theoretical framework. Observation and interviews were used for data collection. The following phenomenon arose from the results: feeling of support by the Day Care Center, by the strength of the bond with the elderly and by spirituality in order to continue playing the challenging role of a family caregiver for a disabled elderly person. The study made possible to understand that, among these three supporting cornerstones for coping with the burden generated by the family caregiver role, the care model promoted by the Day Care Center was the intervenient variable in the process of improving the quality of life of the family caregiver-disabled elderly person binomial. This allowed the identification of the main category - moving from reclusion to partial freedom: the experience of family caregivers for disabled elderly persons assisted in a Day Care Center.

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