Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care
                        professionals from an intersectional perspective: the influence of personal
                        and situational characteristics

Wittenberg, Yvette; Boer, Alice de; Plaisier, Inger; Verhoeff, Arnoud P.; Kwekkeboom, Rick

doi:10.5334/ijic.s3424

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“…HHC nurses are increasingly expected to provide care that is supplementary to the care offered by families (Broese Van Groenou & De Boer, 2016; Funk, 2013). To protect family members’ well‐being, nurses must provide support and collaborate with families (Calvó‐Perxas et al., 2018; Wittenberg et al., 2019). It seems important, therefore, that these conversations become part of regular nursing education to optimally prepare nurses for their responsibilities to families in society.…”

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“…In care situations, effective communication with professional caregivers is an essential need for family caregivers (Silva et al., 2013). However, the division of care responsibilities between professional and family caregivers is not always discussed (Wittenberg et al., 2019). This topic is explicitly addressed in family nursing conversations.…”

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Effects of family nursing conversations on families in home health care: A controlled before‐and‐after study

Broekema

Paans

Roodbol

et al. 2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim To assess the effects of family nursing conversations on family caregiver burden, patients’ quality of life, family functioning and the amount of professional home health care. Design A controlled before‐and‐after design. Methods Intervention group families participated in two family nursing conversations incorporated in home health care; control group families received usual home health care. Patients and family members completed a set of questionnaires on entering the study and 6 months later to assess family caregiver burden, family functioning and patients’ quality of life. The amount of home health care was extracted from patient files. Data were collected between January 2018–June 2019. Results Data of 51 patients (mean age 80; 47% male) and 61 family members (mean age 67; 38% male) were included in the results. Family caregiver burden remained stable in the intervention group whereas it increased in the control group. Family functioning improved significantly compared with the control group for patients and family members in the intervention group. No significant effects on patients’ quality of life emerged. The amount of professional home health care decreased significantly in the intervention group whereas it remained equal in the control group. Conclusion Family nursing conversations prevented family caregiver burden, improved family functioning, but did not affect patients’ quality of life. In addition, the amount of home health care decreased following the family nursing conversations. Impact Countries with ageing populations seek to reduce professional and residential care and therefore encourage family caregiving. Intensive family caregiving, however, places families at risk for caregiver burden which may lead to increased professional care and admission into residential care. This study demonstrates that family nursing conversations help nurses to prevent family caregiver burden and improve family functioning while decreasing the amount of home health care.

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Effects of family nursing conversations on families in home health care: A controlled before‐and‐after study

Broekema

Paans

Roodbol

et al. 2020

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Adopting an intersectional perspective can also clarify differences in caregiving experiences within and between groups [57]. For example, verbakel et al [45] describe the following intersection regarding informal care, 'the demand for informal care is experienced mainly by middle-aged women' (p. 94).…”

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Intersectionality in informal care research: a scoping review

Hengelaar

Wittenberg

Kwekkeboom

et al. 2021

Scand J Public Health

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Aim: Informal caregivers share common experiences in providing care to someone with health and/or social needs, but at the same time their experiences differ across diverse backgrounds such as gender, age, culture, as these aspects of diversity co-shape these experiences. This scoping review aims to explore how aspects of diversity, across their intersections, are currently incorporated in informal care research and discusses how an intersectional perspective can further develop our understanding of informal care. Methods: A scoping review was performed to map relevant caregiving literature from an intersectionality perspective. Key terms ‘informal care’ and ‘intersectionality’ were used for a search in four databases resulting in the inclusion of 28 articles. All 28 studies were analysed based on a scoping review created intersectionality informed coding scheme. Results: Aspects of diversity are largely understudied in informal care research, in particular across their intersections and from a critical perspective. This intersectional informed analysis revealed that when studying diverse caregiving experiences the use of intersections of dimensions of diversity provides a nuanced understanding of these experiences. Conclusions: Adopting an intersectional perspective ensures that not only different categories or social identities of caregivers are included in future studies, but the mutual relationships between these categories embedded in their specific context are actually studied.

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Informal caregivers’ judgements on sharing care with home care professionals from an intersectional perspective: the influence of personal and situational characteristics

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Effects of family nursing conversations on families in home health care: A controlled before‐and‐after study

Effects of family nursing conversations on families in home health care: A controlled before‐and‐after study

Intersectionality in informal care research: a scoping review

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