在宅高齢者介護における介護者のアイデンティティ再構築について

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The purpose of this study was to investigate identity-reconstruction of caregivers in family nursing for the elderly. Five kinds of questionnaires were given to 101 caregivers who had joined caregiver self-help groups. The results were summarized as follows: (1) There was a strong correlation found for the scores of identity-reconstruction of family caregivers and the scores ofrelationship-reconstruction between caregivers and their eld ers. (2) Inter-family relationships did not have any significant effect on either of the scores ofidentity-reconstruction or the relationship-reconstruction between caregivers and their elders. (3)The following were suggested as factors that promote the identity-reconstruction from before the start of family caregivers: a) negative relationships with care-receivers before family nursing; b)high levels of caregiving needs among the elders. (4) The following were suggested as factors that promote relationship-reconstruction between caregivers and their elders: a) the extent of the provivion of caregiving information within the caregiver self-help groups; b)high levels of caregiving needs among the elders.