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| Psychiatric home care of elderly persons with depression: unmet caregiver needs | | Author(s) | C J Farran, S L Horton-Deutsch, D Loukissa |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 16, no 4, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 57-73 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Family care ; Home nursing ; Needs [elderly] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Informal caregiving of older people with dementia, and medical illnesses, has been well researched. However, there is a paucity of information on the impact of an older person with depression upon family caregivers. The aim of this study was to explore what nursing interventions are currently provided to family caregivers of older persons with depression as part of standard home health care, and to identify unmet needs of these family caregivers. Unmet caregiver needs were examined from both the family caregiver and the staff nurse perspective, using caregiver structured interviews and staff focus groups. Caregivers reported unmet need concerning support and respite, dealing with their own feelings, learning more about care-related tasks and role changes, and stress management. Similarly, nurses speculated that nursing interventions should focus on increased counselling, family and community support, assisting caregivers with their learning needs and care-related responsibilities. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827280 A |
| Classmark | ENR: P6:SJ: N4: IK: 7T |
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