Open AccessA conceptual framework for facilitating optimal functioning by survivors of cerebro-vascular accidents and their caregivers at home in Oshana Region, Namibia
Author(s) -
Suama W Kuugongelwa,
LF Small
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of advanced nursing studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-488X
DOI - 10.14419/ijans.v5i2.6482
Subject(s) - facilitator , context (archaeology) , conceptual framework , medicine , nursing , psychology , social psychology , sociology , social science , paleontology , biology
Providing care for the survivors of a cerebro-vascular accident in home settings is an increasingly common practice. Accordingly, a conceptual framework was developed with the aim of establishing guidelines for the implementation of a support programme to enable survivors and their caregivers to function optimally at home. The framework involves the attributes of the agent (lecturer as a facilitator), the recipients (survivors and caregivers), the context (the home setting), the procedures for enabling optimal functioning and, finally, the terminus, which is defined at optimal functioning for both the survivors and their caregivers.