Emotion of Family Caregiver on Persons with Dementia
AUTHORS
Sun-Hee Bae,Dept. of Nursing, Kyungbok University, 154 Sinpyeong-ro Sinbuk-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 11138, Korea
Young-Ju Jee,Dept. of Nursing, Kyungnam University, Woryeongbuk 16-gil Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 631-701, Korea
Young-Sun Park,Dept. of Nursing, Kyungbok University, 154 Sinpyeong-ro Sinbuk-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 11138, Korea
ABSTRACT
This paper is a phenomenological study attempted to analyze what the experience of anger means in major caregivers who take care of the demented elderly who are increasing continuously with the development of medicine in the aging society, explore the essence, and seek ways to explore appropriate nursing interventions for them. The participants in this study were the participants who participated in family support programs conducted by the Alzheimer Support Center located in K, Seoul. They were five family members (female) of the major caregivers of the demented elderly at home. For data collection, in-depth interview and observation were used from Jun. 2016 to Sept. 2016 when data were completely saturated and Colaizzi’s analysis method was used. As a result, the first category was ‘Caregiving that must be endured’, which consisted of such subthemes as ‘physical symptoms that can’t be born, ‘caregiving added to daily life’, ‘self-doubt’, ‘confrontation with a dangerous situation’, and ‘state that isn’t improved’. The second category was ‘Intensified family conflicts’, which consisted of such subthemes as ‘resentment over the family members who do not think like I do’, ‘family members who shift responsibility on others’, ‘looking at the caregiving that is immature’ and the third category was ‘Self-pity losing self’, which consisted of ‘one’s life losing self’, ‘one’s health that can’t be looked after’, ‘lack of free time’. The fourth category was ‘Reality that can’t be refused’, which consisted of ‘reality that can’t be endured’ and ‘medical treatment that is not satisfactory’ and the final category was ‘Emotions that can’t be controlled’, which consisted of ‘anger that must be swallowed’, ‘emotion that sprouts’, and ‘stress that is not relieved’.
KEYWORDS
Phenomenology, Dementia, Elderly, Family, Emotion
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