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Informal Caregivers’ Awareness about the Methods of Integrated Home Care for the Elderly

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Community Health Nursing.

Abstract

Elderly refers to individuals above a certain age threshold, often 60 or 65 years and older. Informal caregivers play a vital role in providing integrated home care for elderly Aim of the study: To assess awareness for informal caregivers about the methods of integrated home care for the elderly. Research design: A descriptive research design was used in this study. Setting: The study was conducted by home visit and in Church of Blessed Virgin Mary and the Great Martyr St Mina, East Marg. Sample: The sample was comprised 57 visitors. Tools: Two tools used: 1st tool is structured Interviewing questionnaire. It consists of 3 parts: 1) Socio-demographic, knowledge and attitude assessment sheet. 2nd tool is Skills assessment observational checklist. Results: The study result revealed that, (43.9%) of informal caregiver had average level of knowledge and (40.3%) had poor level of knowledge, (84.2%) of informal care givers had positive attitude, (52.6%) of informal care givers had satisfactory level of skills, and there was highly statistically significant relation between informal caregivers total knowledge, and their total skills with (P= ˂ 0.000). Conclusion: nearly two fifth of informal caregivers had a poor knowledge, the majority of informal caregivers had a positive attitude regarding integrated care for the elderly, and more than half of informal caregivers had satisfactory level of skills Recommendation: Emphasize the importance of availability and distributions of pamphlets and booklet containing the basic knowledge and skills for informal caregivers about methods of integrated home care for the elderly.

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2024.270093.1134

Keywords

Awareness, Elderly, Informal care givers, Methods of integrated home care

Authors

First Name

Merna

Last Name

Botros

MiddleName

Nageh

Affiliation

community nursing *Nursing of Helwan university*

Email

mernanageh73@gmail.com

City

cairo

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Volume

3

Article Issue

5

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46960

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2024-02-13

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

241

Page End

263

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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26

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Journal

Publication Title

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Informal Caregivers’ Awareness about the Methods of Integrated Home Care for the Elderly

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28 Dec 2024