Listening to Caregivers’ Voices: The Informal Family Caregiver Burden of Caring for Chronically Ill Bedridden Elderly Patients

Jinpitcha Mamom and Hanvedes Daovisan
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Jinpitcha Mamom: Department of Adult Nursing and the Aged, Faculty of Nursing, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12121, Thailand
Hanvedes Daovisan: Human Security and Equity Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: The informal family caregiver burden (IFCB) for chronically ill bedridden elderly patients (CIBEPs) is a major issue worldwide. It is a significant challenge due to the ongoing increased palliative care in the family setting; therefore, we explored the IFCB of caring for CIBEPs in Thailand. This article utilized a qualitative method, the total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) approach, with purposive sampling of thirty respondents between September and December 2020. The data were analyzed using cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) to determine the relationship between the driving and dependence power of the enabling factors. The IFCB of the palliative care of CIBEPs was associated with primary care, nursing, extrinsic monitoring and complication prevention. The results showed that the IFCB involves taking responsibility, daily workload, follow-up caring, caring tasks, caregiving strain, financial distress, patient support, external support and caregiving strategy; thus, assistance with taking responsibility, extrinsic monitoring and follow-up care daily tasks may reduce the caregiver burden.

Keywords: informal caregiver burden; chronic illness; palliative care; bedridden elderly patient; Thailand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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