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Applying R isk S ociety T heory to findings of a scoping review on caregiver safety
Author(s) -
Macdonald Marilyn,
Lang Ariella
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/hsc.12056
Subject(s) - nursing , health care , psychology , medicine , gerontology , political science , law
Chronic Illness represents a growing concern in the western world and individuals living with chronic illness are primarily managed at home by family caregivers. A scoping review of the home‐care literature (2004–2009; updated with review articles from 2010 to January 2013) on the topic of the caregiver revealed that this group experiences the following safety‐related concerns: caregivers are conscripted to the role, experience economic hardship, risk being abused as well as abusing, and may well become patients themselves. Methodology and methods used in the scoping review are presented as well as a brief overview of the findings. The concepts of risk and safety are defined. R isk S ociety T heory is introduced and used as a lens to view the findings, and to contribute to an understanding of the construction of risk in contemporary health‐care.