Monitoring the body: grandmothers’ ability to provide ‘expert’ care for grandchildren living with HIV in northwest Tanzania

Ability to Cope by Family Caregivers of People Living With HIV in the Yi Population in Liangshan Prefecture: A Cross-sectional Study

“…Family caregivers with high levels of willingness are likely to manage difficulties that occur during caregiving positively. Moreover, they are able to adjust and establish good life patterns and procedures to fit with the daily activities of PLWH (de Klerk, 2019). In contrast, levels of worry about the future increased with higher levels of willingness to care, which could have exerted a negative effect on caregivers' well-being and the quality of care provided (Greenwood et al, 2019).…”

“…In the current study, longer durations of care provision were associated with higher levels of coping ability. This suggests that family caregivers gained comfort and knowledge as they accumulated care experience and helped PLWH with daily activities However, in some studies, years of experience made a minimal contribution to decision making and seeking and accepting help, regardless of need (Boyle, 2017; de Klerk, 2019). The different results we found in our study may be due to different research methods and participants; we used quantitative method and the other researchers used qualitative method.…”

“…At present, most studies examining family caregivers' abilities to cope with caregiving have focused on people with dementia and stroke and rarely involve PLWH. However, a few qualitative studies conducted in other countries have involved caregivers of PLWH (Brennan et al, 2018; de Klerk, 2019). In China, research involving family caregivers has focused mainly on caregiving experience and burden.…”