Care to the dependent older person: Motivations of caregivers in Brazil and Portugal

Santana, Elaine dos Santos; Mendes, Felismina Rosa Parreira; Gobira, Nádia Cristina Moraes Sampaio; Oliveira, Alessandra Sousa de; Lopes, Arianna Oliveira Santana; Xavier, Thaiza Teixeira; Miguens, Layanne Christinne dos P.; Reis, Luana Araújo dos; Reis, Luciana Araújo dos

doi:10.5935/1980-6906/eptpsp13428

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“…In this sense, satisfaction with family functioning and, consequently, the help coming from other family members or members of the informal network represents an aspect of great value to the main caregiver, since in this way the demands and the workload are attenuated, improving their perception of health and the pronounced changes that have occurred in their lifestyle [ 5 , 19 , 44 , 48 , 49 ].…”

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“…Social representations of the difficulties in caring for older adults revealed by the participants of this study allow not only the uncovering of important questions about the impairment of the quality of life of informal caregivers, but also demonstrate how this phenomenon is surrounded by complexity and cultural and historical moral influences. Despite the constraints and challenges encountered in carrying out this function, moral and historical aspects such as family ties of marriage and parenthood, or even the very social construction of residential institutions for the elderly, act as determining factors in the choice/obligation to care [ 49 ].…”

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Difficulties in Caring for the Older Adults: Perspective of Brazilian and Portuguese Caregivers

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This study aims to understand the difficulties in caring for the older adults with functional dependence from the perspective of Brazilian and Portuguese caregivers. This is a study based on the Theory of Social Representations, based on the Thematic Content Analysis proposed by Bardin, carried out with 21 informal caregivers of older adults in Brazil and 11 informal caregivers of older adults in Portugal. The instrument consisted of a questionnaire with sociodemographic data and data on health conditions along with an open interview with guiding questions on the theme of care. Data were analyzed using the Content Analysis technique proposed by Bardin, with the help of the QRS NVivo® Version 11 software (QSR International, Burlington, MA, USA). Three categories emerged from the speeches: “Caregiver burden”, “Caregiver support network” and “Older adults resistance”. The main difficulties mentioned by caregivers were associated with family articulation in meeting the needs of their older adults, whether due to the excessive demand of tasks, which results in overloading the caregiver, or the behaviors of the older adults themselves, or even the availability of a truly supportive and effective network.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%