CAREGIVER PERCEPTIONS OF CARING FOR OLDER ADULTS

照顾者对照顾老年人的看法

• 批准号: 2256891
• 负责人: BARBARA J BOWERS
• 金额: $ 9.41万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-08-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2256891
• 关键词: aging; caregivers; data collection; extended care; family nursing; frail elderly; home health care; human subject; nursing care; nursing care evaluation; nursing care quality; nursing homes; perception

The applicant's long-term objectives are to develop a grounded theory of caregiving, The development of such a grounded theory can be pursued through a variety of research endeavors focusing on different types and combinations of caregivers, different populations of caregiving recipients, different micro (immediate environment) contexts of caregiving or different macro (socio economic systems) contexts of caregiving. The current study incorporates two caregiver types (nurses and nurseaides in long term care of the elderly) and two micro contexts, (nursing homes and home care). The two contexts have been explored previously by the applicant through the perspective of family caregivers. This study will add depth and complexity to the theory being developed by looking at different types of caregivers in the same two contexts. Specific aims for this study are: 1) to gain an understanding of how nurses and nurse-aides caring for the elderly in the home and the nursing home conceptualize and provide direct care and the relationship between conceptualization and practice, 2) to gain an understanding of how nurses in these two settings provide indirect care to the elderly through supervision of nurse-aides, and 3) to incorporate these findings into the caregiving theory developed by the applicant's previous studies of family caregiving in the same two settings. As with the previous studies, the grounded theory method will be used. Data will be collected by a combination of participant observation and indepth follow-up interviews with nurses and nurse-aides. Data analysis will be conducted concurrently with data collection by the principal investigator, a research assistant, and an analysis team. The findings will provide insights into how collaboration among nurses, nurse-aides, and family members can be enhanced to increase the quality of caregiver interactions and, consequently the quality of care to frail older adults.

申请人的长期目标是建立扎根 护理理论，这种扎根理论的发展可以是 通过各种专注于不同的研究来追求 护理人员的类型和组合，不同的护理人群 接收者，不同的微观（直接环境）上下文 护理或不同的宏观（社会经济体系）环境 照料。 当前的研究结合了两种护理人员（护士和 长期护理老年人和两个微观环境， （疗养院和家庭护理）。 这两个上下文已经探索 以前是申请人通过家庭护理人员的角度。 这项研究将增加深度和复杂性。 在相同两种情况下查看不同类型的护理人员。 这项研究的具体目的是：1）了解 关于护士和护士辅助如何照顾家中的老年人 疗养院概念化并提供直接护理和关系 在概念化和实践之间，2）了解 这两种环境中的护士如何为老年人提供间接护理 通过对护士辅助的监督，以及3）纳入这些发现 进入申请人以前的研究开发的护理理论 在相同两个环境中的家庭照料。 与先前的研究一样，接地理论方法将是 用过的。 数据将通过参与者观察的组合收集 以及对护士和护士辅助的独立后续采访。 数据 分析将与数据收集一起进行 首席研究员，研究助理和分析团队。 这些发现将提供有关如何合作的见解 可以增强护士，护士艾滋病和家庭成员 护理人员互动的质量，因此护理质量 给脆弱的老年人。