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Powerlessness of caregivers in home care
Author(s) -
DAVIDHIZAR RUTH
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1994.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - feeling , affect (linguistics) , psychology , nursing , medicine , social psychology , communication
Summary• Patients are not the only ones who suffer when they have a chronic illness; significant others and family members can also suffer. • Reaction to chronically ill family members and the problems in their care varies among significant others. • As the number of elderly individuals is increasing the number of chronically ill people needing care is also increasing. • Not only do patients feel powerless but personal factors, factors in the environment, and factors related to the illness itself can also provide a conceptual framework for organizing factors that affect feelings of powerlessness among family members and significant others.