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| Satisfaction and difficulties of French professional home caregivers in supporting older people with Alzheimer's disease or alcohol misuse | | Author(s) | Alba Moscato, Isabelle Varescon |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 26, no 1, January 2018 |
| Publisher | Wiley, January 2018 |
| Pages | pp 27-34 |
| Source | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc |
| Keywords | Social workers ; Home care services ; Job satisfaction ; Attitude ; Alcoholism ; Dementia ; Family relationships ; Qualitative Studies ; France. |
| Annotation | In France, few studies have examined home care when it comes to ageing support, and even fewer have considered alcohol misuse in this context. The studies also show that being old and having alcohol use disorders are two unfavourable conditions for receiving help, whereas for Alzheimer's disease, there is a clear need for optimal care. The authors study professional home caregivers' perceptions of their job, along with their difficulties and satisfactions in supporting older people with Alzheimer's disease or alcohol misuse. Of 23 professionals approached, 17 took part in a research interview between October 2013 and January 2014. All interviews were recorded, fully transcribed and lexically analysed with Alceste software. Five classes were identified from 63% of the initial data: the nature of the associated pathologies encountered during support; perceptions and satisfaction related to professional support; their adaptive skills; the difficulties related to the life context and family relationships of the older person; and the older person's wine consumption. The lexical discourse analysis shows that the professional home caregivers are involved in looking after not only people with Alzheimer's disease, but also those with alcohol misuse. However, despite the difficulties and satisfactions encountered, adaptation to the older people seems to be their priority, and one of the many skills that they have acquired during their professionalisation. Most of the older people who are helped are women; and the difficulties mentioned by their caregivers usually arise at the time of their death. Lastly, when caring for alcohol misusers, they describe negative attitudes in their support. While research in this area is rare and home care for the older person, whatever the pathology, is increasing, professionals need to be supported by the organisations that employ them and should be trained to help them provide the appropriate care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180112201 A |
| Classmark | QR: NH: WL5: DP: ETA: EA: DS:SJ: 3DP: 765 |
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