Enabling the health and wellbeing of carers through district nursing support
| Autor: | Sally Sprung, Michelle Laing |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Community and Home Care
District nurse Referral business.industry health care facilities manpower and services media_common.quotation_subject Health Status Social Support social sciences General Medicine Burnout Community Health Nursing humanities Care recipient Body of knowledge Work (electrical) Nursing Caregivers health services administration Medicine Humans Quality (business) business health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | British journal of community nursing. 19(7) |
| ISSN: | 1462-4753 |
| Popis: | Carers provide care because they want to help the people they care about, and because their care recipient could not manage without them. For many carers, looking after their own health, combining caring with work, getting access to training or having time off can be a major challenge. Patients' and carers' experiences of home-based care are a key factor in the appraisal of the quality of the professional care services they receive. This article presents the evidence from a literature review that builds a substantial body of knowledge to inform district nursing teams and community nurses to develop a supportive approach towards carers' needs. The aim of the study was to appraise the published evidence base relating to carers' needs and how professionals can support carers' needs when providing care to patients in the community. The studies consistently reported carers' requirements of practical support and information as a theme across studies, suggesting that effective ways of delivering information and support to caregivers need to be developed and implemented as a matter of priority. It also highlighted the needs of the professionals providing support to carers, to ensure the health and wellbeing needs of carers, to include signposting and referral to avoid reaching crisis point and resultant burnout. |
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