Kontakt 2006, 8(2):235-239 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.040

Position of lay care givers in taking care of seniors and patientsNursing

Sylva Bártlová
Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, Brno

One of ways to enhancing the quality of taking care of seniors and patients is amplification of the cooperation between the family and services provided by the society. The currently existing demographic development adversely affected the population structure or possibly mutual relationships between potential care givers and persons who need the care. The role of lay family care givers has its irreplaceable position in this system. Taking care of seniors and patients is frequently exhausting for members of the family. It is necessary to help the care givers, who take everyday care of their near relatives, since this is an approach to forming positive associations in the family based on mutual love and respect. Thus, the nurse or social worker should recognize problems in lay care givers and offer them help. The respiting care is one of many solutions and it can provide essential help for care givers and thus, to make them possible to keep the patient in his/her known and close home environment as long as possible. We can speak about so called "taking care of care givers". Based on empiric examinations, it is possible to document that in care givers, who take long-term care of their family members, negative effects of taking care are manifested. They frequently have health problems, problems in the field of mental health and in the social sphere. In abroad, many research works were focused on the evaluation of the load in taking care of family members as soon as in the early 1980's. The test presented in the article is suitable for families taking care of sick seniors. Its validity has already been tested.

Keywords: Community care; lay care; care givers; family; senior; respiting care

Published: December 15, 2006  Show citation

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Bártlová S. Position of lay care givers in taking care of seniors and patients. Kontakt. 2006;8(2):235-239. doi: 10.32725/kont.2006.040.
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