Towards caring for caregivers: assessing the burden of care and experience of associative stigma among caregivers of patients with chronic mental illnesses at a mental health
care facility in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

Olagundoye, Olawunmi; Akhuemokhan, Victor; Alugo, Morenike

doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2016.67124

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“…A similar report was obtained from an Australian research where 2.65 million family caregivers in 2015, were females (12.3%) and only 9.3% were males [27]. Studies in Nigeria also revealed gender difference when it comes to caregiving, where majority were female, (67.3%) and experience a higher level of burden than men [12,28]. In France majority of caregivers were women and whenever one caregiver was needed to provide care it was most often female [29].…”

Section: Women and Caregivingsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Similarly, another report stated that women are directly involved in providing personal care which is more demanding and significantly contributes to burden [11,33]. Studies in Nigeria also affirmed a significant relationship between caregiver's burden and gender with 67.5% female accounting for those with high level of caregivers' burden [10,28]. Similarly, another study in Lagos, Nigeria also affirmed higher level of burden among female and more stressor emanating from financial, physical as well as emotional domain of burden scale.…”

Section: Gender and Caregivers Burdenmentioning

confidence: 98%

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The Exceptional Role of Women as Primary Caregivers for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, West Africa

Asuquo¹,

Akpan-Idiok²

2021

Suggestions for Addressing Clinical and Non-Clinical Issues in Palliative Care

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In Africa, women play an indispensable role in family life. The normative roles of women extend from reproductive role to the raising of children and caring for sick family members. These roles are very unique and are dictated by culture, religion and beliefs. Despite these, their contributions in caregiving remain unrecognized except by the beneficiaries. Caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) experience high level of burden due to the expanded role and inadequate preparation for the caregiver's duty. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was utilized to elicit data from 260 participants in Calabar municipality, Nigeria. Caring for PLWHA is an exceptional service due to exacerbation of symptoms and co-morbidities peculiar to terminal phase of HIV. The study revealed gender inequalities in burden levels. Significant relationships (p < 0.05) also existed between burden of care, availability of support and duration of care during this study. Despite the perceived consequences, the family care givers were still determined to continue caregiving role. This informs the need for governmental support to ameliorate the negative consequences of caregiving by female caregivers.

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Section: Women and Caregivingsupporting

confidence: 66%

Section: Gender and Caregivers Burdenmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Exceptional Role of Women as Primary Caregivers for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, West Africa

Asuquo¹,

Akpan-Idiok²

2021

Suggestions for Addressing Clinical and Non-Clinical Issues in Palliative Care

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“…Similar indings were made in an African context, where it was observed that those who cared for patients in the age range 21-45 years were the most burdened [40]. A more recent study in a similar context revealed a signiicant relationship between gender and the experience of caregiver burden, with females accounting for 67.3% of those with a high burden [3]. A high level of burden was also found among mothers (35.1%) and spouses (33.9%).…”

Section: Burden Of Care On Informal (Family) Caregiverssupporting

confidence: 59%

“…A high level of burden was also found among mothers (35.1%) and spouses (33.9%). It was also revealed that level of income played a signiicant role as the majority of the participants who experienced low burden earned above $125 whilst those with high burden earned less than $62.50 [3]. Furthermore, living in rural areas, large family size, the severity of patients' illness, and caregivers' low level of education were associated with a high level of burden in Nigeria [41][42][43].…”

Section: Burden Of Care On Informal (Family) Caregiversmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It encompasses the provision of assistance to another who needs help in the carrying out the activities of daily living [2]. Rendering of care, assistance, support, aid, all connote the term 'caregiving' to individuals unable to function independently due to some certain form of impairments/disability or the other, often involving two groups of individuals: the caregiver and the care recipient [3]. The caregiver is the active person who renders the care to the passive care recipient who is on the receiving end [1].…”

Section: Caregiving: What Who and Why?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Caregiving and the Family

Olagundoye¹,

Alugo²

2018

Caregiving and Home Care

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Caregiving is the routine rendering of care by a caregiver who has taken the sole responsibility for ensuring that the fundamental needs of the care recipient are met. With the population aging and the increasing trend of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the need and the demand for home care will rise exponentially. Caregiving for most chronic illnesses has become a fastidious task requiring a combination of formal and informal caregivers to meet the needs of care recipients. The informal caregiving role falls squarely on the shoulders of the family, which remains the basic unit of every society connected biologically, legally or by choice, from which one expects a measure of physical, inancial, and emotional support. This chapter discusses caregiving, home care, and the family against the backdrop of diverse world realities in beliefs and atitudes towards healthcare services and home care. It atests to the preferences for home care by some group of patients with chronic/terminal illnesses, especially the elderly, and it also expounds on reasons for this preference, the beneits to the patients and the family, including the family's need for support in dealing with the burden of caregiving for relatives with chronic illnesses.

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Challenges of Female Older Adults Caring for Their very old Parents in Rural Southeast Nigeria: A Qualitative Descriptive Inquiry

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Ngwu²,

Ekoh³

2022

Population Ageing

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Towards caring for caregivers: assessing the burden of care and experience of associative stigma among caregivers of patients with chronic mental illnesses at a mental health care facility in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

The Exceptional Role of Women as Primary Caregivers for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, West Africa

The Exceptional Role of Women as Primary Caregivers for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, West Africa

Caregiving and the Family

Challenges of Female Older Adults Caring for Their very old Parents in Rural Southeast Nigeria: A Qualitative Descriptive Inquiry

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