NUR 80A/B Quiz: Week 1 article
19 Sep 2016
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Caregivers have little preparation for the caregiving role and are in great need of physical, emotional, and respite support as well as support to make sound decisions. An understanding of how caregivers make decisions can serve to strengthen needed support and information during the caregiving experience. A major challenge that caregivers face is making decisions for a family member who has impaired judgment. Findings suggest that caregiver as proxy appears to be a reasonable substitute for patient"s responses in a community setting. The study is important in that it validates the importance of the need for caregivers to have specific knowledge of the disease to make the best decisions possible. A three-stage theory emerged that describes the decision process to use formal home care: taking care of our own, acknowledging options, and becoming empowered. To ensure data variation, five caregivers of patients with hf were interviewed from each of the four stages of the hf classification.
