The mentally ill and their impact on family caregivers: A qualitative case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azlinda Azman ◽  
Paramjit Singh Jamir Singh ◽  
Jamalludin Sulaiman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Family ◽  
Financial Burdens ◽  
The Impact

The impact of mental illness is profound. This qualitative study aims to explore the impact experienced by family caregivers who provide care to relatives with mental illness. A total of 15 family caregivers from the state of Kedah in Malaysia participated in this study. The findings indicated that the family caregivers experienced four types of negative impact, including financial burdens and social, psychological and physical health. This study suggests that the family caregivers should engage in support groups to obtain emotional support and the required information from other caregivers who have similar experiences in caring for individuals with mental illness.

scholarly journals Percepção da sobrecarga familiar nos cuidados ao paciente psiquiátrico crônico

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-247
Author(s):  
Mohema Duarte de Oliveira ◽  
Mariana Ferreira de Sá ◽  
Maria Luciene Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Family Burden ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Chronic Psychiatric Patients

Objetivos: avaliar o impacto da sobrecarga familiar nos cuidados ao paciente psiquiátrico crônico. Metodologia: pesquisa bibliográfica por meio de referências publicadas em documentos, livros, revistas, artigos científicos, internet, ou seja, aborda tudo o que foi publicado sobre o tema proposto. Resultados: a convivência com a pessoa acometida por uma doença mental é desgastante para o familiar e, muitas vezes, há dificuldade de compreensão dos sintomas apresentados pelo doente. Conclusão: há a necessidade de desenvolver programas de informação, orientação e apoio aos familiares dos pacientes psiquiátricos.Descritores: Sobrecarga, Familiares Cuidadores, Pacientes Psiquiátricos.Perception of the familiar overload in the cares to the chronic psychiatric patientAims: to assess the impact of family burden in caring for chronic psychiatric patients. Methodology: literature search by means of references in published papers, books, magazines, papers, and internet, that is, it approaches all publishings on the theme. Results: living with the person affected by mental illness is stressful for the family and sometimes there is difficulty in understanding the symptoms presented by the patient. Conclusion: there is a need to develop information, guidance and support to families of psychiatric patients.Descriptors: Overload, Family Caregivers, Psychiatric Patients.La percepción de la carga familiar en el cuidado de pacientes psiquiátricos crónicosObjectivos: Evaluar el impacto de la carga familiar en el cuidado de pacientes psiquiátricos crónicos. Metodología: la literatura a través de referencias de artículos publicados, libros, revistas, periódicos, internet, o las direcciones de lo que se ha publicado sobre el tema. Resultados: la convivencia con la persona afectada por una enfermedad mental es muy estresante para la familia y con frecuencia hay dificultad en la comprensión de los síntomas que presenta el paciente. Conclusión: Hay una necesidad de desarrollar programas de información, orientación y apoyo a las familias de los pacientes psiquiátricos.Descriptores: Sobrecarga, Los Cuidadores Familiares, Los Pacientes Psiquiátricos.

scholarly journals Responsibility to carers — an ethical dilemma

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 602-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Atkinson ◽  
Denise A. Coia
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Growth Area ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relapse Rates

The responsibility the health service owes to relatives who care for mentally ill patients is gradually being acknowledged. The Griffiths Report (1988) makes explicit both that families should care for their ill members and that the health service has a duty to provide some support. The new support for the family is more to enable them to be ‘better carers’ and to cope with the burdens of caring. One area of psychiatry where this support is a growth area is for relatives of people with schizophrenia. Research points to both the impact of some families on the career of the patient, including relapse rates, and the ways in which such negative impact can be reduced (Leff et al, 1989). This paper is concerned with the ethical issues involved in offering a service to relatives. The ethical dilemma of access to relatives is intimately related to the person at whom outcome is aimed.

scholarly journals Burden And Coping Behaviour Among the Family Caregivers of the People With Mental Illness

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
B. Kafle ◽  
Y. Bagale
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Coping Behaviour ◽  
Medical College ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Coping

Introduction: Caring for a person with mental disorder is a challenge for the caregivers. Little is known about the ways in which families cope while caring for a relative with mental illness in developing countries. This study has tried investigating the family burden and coping behaviour among the family caregivers of the people with mental illness. Material And Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Devdaha Medical College during the period of July 2019-December 2019. The research was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Institutional Review Board of Devdaha Medical College. The protocol approval number is 028/2019. Convenient sampling method was used. Data analysis was done in SPSS (Version 23, SPSS Inc, Chicago, USA). Results were presented as frequencies and percentages where required. Results: Moderate Burden was experienced by 72% of the caregivers while the rest 28% experienced severe burden. People whose spouses were mentally ill had severe burden. Males coped with higher degree of problem and emotional focused coping strategy than females. Males felt more burden in comparison to the females and burden was found to be significantly higher among the caregivers who were taking care of their mentally ill spouses. Conclusion: Caregiving is physically and psychologically demanding as it requires an enormous physical and emotional commitment as well as some basic skills. Teaching skills in the form of problem solving and communication are needed to promote the coping abilities and lessen the burden of caregivers.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

scholarly journals A review of challenges and benefits of integration of CHP plant into the grid: a case study in Serbia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rade M. Ciric ◽  
Sasa N. Mandic
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Increase Energy Efficiency ◽  
High Voltage Supply ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Republic of Serbia must make significant efforts to promote and exploit renewable energy sources and increase energy efficiency in all energy sectors to ensure energy security and economic competitiveness, reduce the negative impact on the environment from energy production and use, and contribute to global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases. Within the paper several issues of integration of recently realized CHP plant are introduced and discussed. Firstly, the legal and energy policy issues in the Republic of Serbia regarding connecting CHP to the grid are presented. The challenges and technical solutions for CHP connection to the grid, as well as power quality issues and the role of the CHP plant during the restoration of power supply during the maintenance of the substation and unplanned loss of high voltage supply, are presented and discussed. Finally, the impact of prospective massive integration of CHP on the energy balance and CO2 emission reduction in the province of Vojvodina in Serbia is investigated and discussed. Since it is the first CHP plant realized in Serbia, it is crucial that experience be shared to all potential stakeholders in the future energy efficiency projects.

Will We Lose If We Lose You? Players’ Absence, Teams’ Performance and the Overlapping of Competitions

2021 ◽  
pp. 152700252110084
Author(s):  
Levi Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Psychological Momentum ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
European Football ◽  
The Impact

It is common for elite players to represent their respective countries in international competitions. However, there is a potential cost to the club team derived from that situation (risk of injury, fatigue, psychological momentum, etc.). This paper evaluates the impact of players’ absence on European football teams’ performance by focusing on the Africa Cup of Nations as the case study. The results indicate that the sending of players to the African tournament has a relatively small negative impact on teams’ performance. But this cannot be generalized to all the leagues and loses significance when corrected by players’ abilities.

Protective preparation: a process central to family caregivers of persons with mild cognitive impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Lin Wang ◽  
Li-Min Kuo ◽  
Yi-Chen Chiu ◽  
Hsiu-Li Huang ◽  
Huei-Ling Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTBackground:To develop a theoretical model explaining the longitudinal changes in the caregiving process for family caregivers of persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Taiwan.Methods:A longitudinal, grounded theory approach using in-depth face-to-face interviews and an open-ended interview guide. We conducted 42 interviews over a two-year period; each participant was interviewed at least once every six months. All participants were interviewed in their home. The participants total of 13 family caregivers of persons with MCI.Results:One core theme emerged: “protective preparation.” This reflected the family caregiving process of preparation for a further decline in cognitive function, and protection from the impact of low self-esteem, accidents, and symptoms of comorbidities for the family member with MCI. Protective preparation contained three components: ambivalent normalization, vigilant preparation, and protective management.Conclusions:Interventions to help family caregivers manage the changes in persons with MCI can reduce caregiver burden. Our findings could provide a knowledge base for use by healthcare providers to develop and implement strategies to reduce caregiver burden for family caregivers of persons with MCI.

Families Living with Mental Illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditi Rana
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
The Family ◽  
Partner Research

Mental illness is a growing reality of our times. Usually in a typical Indian family, the parents act as the primary caregivers for the child suffering from mental disorder. For adult sufferers, it can also be siblings or offspring, and  at times even spouse or partner. Research on the experiences of families of mentally ill people has been minimal in the Indian context. This study aims to shift the focus from the mentally ill patients to the suffering of the caregivers and families of the patient keeping in mind the interconnected well being of the family in a collectivist culture. Following a qualitative approach, narratives have been taken from the family members of mentally ill (narratives of 8 families with mentally ill person) and also the mental health professionals (two) through semi structured interviews. The findings suggest that the family members suffer from a significant amount of stress accompanied by burden. Also, they feel secluded from the society and experience a lack of assistance to deal with the mentally ill member of the family.

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