scholarly journals Bringing the family back in? Attitudes towards the role of the family in caring for the elderly and children

1995 ◽  
pp. 80-95
Author(s):  
Heikki Ervasti
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Family Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Family Responsibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Using Data

In the last few years, demands for replacing the welfare state with family responsibility for the care of children and the elderly have become more and more insistent. Using data from a recent postal survey (N = 1,737), the article’s aim is to estimate the caring possibilities and caring potential of the family. The results show that compared to outside-home care and especially publicly provided outside-home care, family care is not supported by public opinion. However, the results provide no evidence of a decline in the caregiving potential of the family. Thus, the introduction of new family care-oriented policies and cuts in the public welfare services aimed at increasing family responsibility for the care of dependants could even be counterproductive, as families would soon be overloaded with caring tasks.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PERAWATAN KELUARGA DENGAN PERSONAL HYGIENE PADA LANSIA DI DUSUN ASEM NUNGGAL DESA KALIANGET BARAT KECAMATAN KALIANGET

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
Mujib Hannan ◽  
Dian Ika Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Care Family

Family care affects personal hygiene on the elderly this indicates that care family is the family indicator in performing the function of health while the personal hygiene is a parameter that used to improve the care of the family. The aims of this research are to know relationship between the treatment of families with personal hygiene on the elderly in Dusun Asem Nunggal Desa Kalianget Barat Kecamatan Kalianget. This research is quantitative with cross sectional approach. Population are all elderly in Dusun Asem Nunggal Desa Kalianget Barat Kecamatan Kalianget are 56 people. The number of samples are 49 people with simple random sampling. Data analysis using the Spearman Rho to test (α = 0.05 ). Data collection using observation and family care questionnaires and personal hygiene. The results of research on family care shows most (57,1%) do good family care. While the results of research about personal hygiene showed the majority of respondents (61,2%) do personal hygiene well. The results of the test using the corelation of spearman rho indicates p value= 0.000 which means there is a significant relationship between family care with personal hygiene on the elderly. Families can improve the care of the family and understand more about health problems in the elderly. The elderly must maintain personal hygiene on him. The better care the family performed on the elderly then personal hygiene on the elderly is also getting better.

scholarly journals Reflection on the public home care caregivers profiles

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-235
Author(s):  
Heloísa Silva Guerra ◽  
Nilza Alves Marques Almeida ◽  
Marta Rovery de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Care ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Family ◽  
Epidemiological Profile ◽  
The City

Abstract Introduction: The increase of life expectancy and the decrease in mortality rate have resulted in changes in the epidemiological profile with predominance of non-communicable chronic diseases and global changes in the care system. This scenario has generated increased demands for caregivers, which in Brazilian reality, tends to arise in the family environment. Objective: This study aimed to know and reflect on the caregivers’ profiles of public home care in the city of Goiânia, Goiás. Methods: The data were collected through the application of a caregiver characterization tool and presented descriptively. Results: The caregiver’s profile of this study corroborates the ones described in the specific literature. Most of them are females, married, patient’s spouse or daughter, having health problems, dedicating twelve or more hours to caring and informal exercise of this activity. Conclusion: The results show the significance of family caregivers within the family care and lead to the reflection about this role in the care sphere and the need for public policies that offer a support social network and that are tuned with this reality.

scholarly journals At-home care : interactions between nurses and the elderly/family

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe1) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Esperança Alves Gago ◽  
Manuel José Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Diagnostic Assessment ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Home Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
At Home

OBJECTIVE: To understand the interaction process between the elderly and the family and the nurses during home care. METHODS: Grounded theory qualitative study in a community where 40% of the population is aged 65 or above. The collection of data was made via the non-participating observation of nursing practice during 41 home visits and semi-structured interviews to nurses, the elderly and the family. RESULTS: the following categories emerged - structural organization of at-home care, diagnostic assessment in context and therapeutic intervention in context. CONCLUSION: the central category was "Building the relationship in an at-home context", due to the fact that the relationship between the nurse, the elderly and the family is central across the entire care process. The relation is, simultaneously, the context for all the care and a therapeutic instrument.

scholarly journals Does Informal Care from Adult Children Reduce Nursing Home Admissions for the Elderly?

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony T. Lo Sasso ◽  
Richard W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Health Dynamics ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Despite the policy importance, particularly as society ages, little is known about the impact of informal care on nursing home admissions. This paper jointly models the receipt of regular help from adult children and subsequent nursing home care, using data from the Study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD). Results indicate that frequent help from children with basic personal care reduces the likelihood of nursing home use over a subsequent two-year period by about 60% for disabled Americans age 70 and older. However, we found no significant reduction in nursing home admissions when help was measured more broadly to include assistance with chores and errands.

Aggression and Noncompliance among Swedish Children in Centre-based Care, Family Day Care, and Home Care

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Prodromidis ◽  
Michael E. Lamb ◽  
Kathleen J. Sternberg ◽  
C. Phillip Hwang ◽  
Anders G. Broberg
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Family Day Care ◽  
Composite Measures ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Care Family ◽  
Using Data

The relations between individual, family, and child care characteristics and children's aggressive and noncompliant behaviours were examined in this study of 140 first-born Swedish children assessed at 16,28,40, and 80 months of age. All of the parents involved in the study had attempted to enrol their children in centre-based day care, but some were accepted instead into family day care settings, while others remained in the exclusive care of their parents. Composite measures of aggression and noncompliance were constructed using data obtained from multiple sources (i.e. mothers, teachers, observers). Child care arrangements and histories were not associated with levels of aggression or noncompliance. Multiple regression analyses suggested that the quality of home care was the best predictor of both aggressive and noncompliant behaviour. Boys were more aggressive than girls, and children with more controlling parents were more noncompliant. Individual differences in aggression (but not noncompliance) were moderately stable over time. Aggression and noncompliance were modestly but reliably related to one another. These results suggest that alternative care of high quality does not lead to noncompliance and aggression.

scholarly journals Euthanasia in advanced dementia; the view of the general practitioners in the Netherlands on a vignette case along the juridical and ethical dispute

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap Schuurmans ◽  
Chantalle Crol ◽  
Boudewijn Chabot ◽  
Marcel Olde Rikkert ◽  
Yvonne Engels
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Case Vignette ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Advanced Dementia ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Professional Guidelines

Abstract Background In the Netherlands, euthanasia has been regulated by law since 2002. In the past decade, a growing number of persons with dementia requested for euthanasia, and more requests were granted. A euthanasia request from a patient with advanced dementia (PWAD) can have a major impact on a general practitioner (GP). We aimed to get insights in the views of Dutch GPs on euthanasia concerning this patient group. Methods A postal survey was sent to 894 Dutch GPs. Questions were asked about a case vignette about a PWAD who was not able to confirm previous wishes anymore. Quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Results Of the 894 GPs approached, 422 (47.3%) completed the survey. One hundred seventy-eight GPs (42.2%) did not agree with the statement that an Advance Euthanasia Directive (AED) can replace an oral request if communication with the patient concerned has become impossible. About half of the respondents (209; 49.5%) did not agree that the family can initiate a euthanasia trajectory, 95 GPs (22.5%) would accept such a family initiative and 110 GPs (26.1%) would under certain conditions. Discussion In case of a PWAD, when confirming previous wishes is not possible anymore, about half of the Dutch GPs would not accept an AED to replace verbal or non-verbal conformation nor consider performing euthanasia; a minority would. Our study shows that, probably due to the public debate and changed professional guidelines, conflicting views have arisen among Dutch GPs about interpretation of moral, ethical values considering AED and PWADs.

scholarly journals Separating Spheres

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Pepin ◽  
David Cotter
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Attitude ◽  
The Family ◽  
Monitoring The Future ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Egalitarian Attitudes

The authors investigated whether trends in attitudes about gender were consistent with the gender stall primarily occurring in the family domain and examined potential mechanisms associated with changing gender norms. Using data from Monitoring the Future surveys (1976–2015), the authors assessed three components of trends in youth’s beliefs about gender: the marketplace, the family, and mothers’ employment. Findings showed continued increases in egalitarianism from 1976 throughthe mid-1990s across all three dimensions. Thereafter, support for egalitarianism in the public sphere plateaued at high levels, rising support for mothers’ employment persisted at a slower pace, and conventional ideology about gender in families returned. The changing demographic composition of American high school students did not account for the gender attitude trends. Youth’s mothers’ employment and increased education were related to increased egalitarianism. Changes in population averages of mothers’ employment and educational attainment were only weakly associated withincreases in egalitarian attitudes.

The Case of the New Family Physician and the Practicing Pediatrician in Delivery of Health Care for Children in Canada

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 746-746
Author(s):  
J. B.J. McKendry
Keyword(s):  
Family Physicians ◽  
Public Health Nurse ◽  
School Graduate ◽  
Medical School Graduate ◽  
Community Clinic ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Family ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health Nurse

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has evolved a firm philosophy of its new image. The medical school graduate of the future will enter a two-year program partly hospital-based and partly community clinic-or private office-based to develop the adequate skills necessary to render primary care in internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and trauma, with a continual infusion of knowledge related to the psychosocial dynamics of family life. This new physician will require the services of the social worker, the public health nurse, the school nurse, the psychologist, the family counsellor and the psychiatrist.

scholarly journals Income Inequality in Advanced Capitalism: How Protective Institutions can Promote Egalitarian Societies

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Kollmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Family ◽  
Classic Liberalism ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Sociological Approaches ◽  
Cross National

This study develops a Polanyian perspective on income inequality in advanced capitalist countries. Polanyi’s historical account of the rise and fall of classic liberalism in Britain illustrated how social groups and society at large devised “protective institutions” to shield themselves from socially destructive market forces. Recent qualitative applications of this idea identify three protective institutions as being the most important – the public sector economy, trade unions, and the family. Using data from 16 Western countries from 1970 to 2010, this study demonstrates that cross-national and temporal variations in these protective institutions explain a considerable amount of the observed patterns of income inequality among these countries, helping to explain why some countries have recently experienced rising inequality but others have not. The study ends by arguing that a Polanyian perspective provides more analytical and theoretical leverage than other sociological approaches to understanding income inequality.

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