Volume : VII, Issue : III, March - 2018

Family Burden‘ - The role of families as Carers

Dr. Meeta Malhotra

Abstract :

 

Family care is an emerging area of research. The purpose of the current review was to present insights in how caregiving is experienced by family members, the prevalence of psychological stress and burden experienced by the family caregivers of the mentally ill. Caregivers experience various problems, associated with their caregiving role. As such it becomes imperative to identify the areas of burden and provide necessary support. From the review its apparent that the patient’s illness is constructed as a burden in terms of finance, time and special effort required for the treatment, physical and emotional burden, family relations and occupation. The need is to formulate interventions keeping into considerations the various areas of burden as reported by caregivers. The present paper which focus on family care is significant not only because of the contemporary relevance of family caregivers, but also because it focuses on mental illness, which is a little understood condition because of its stigmatizing and long drawn nature.

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Dr. Meeta Malhotra, Family Burden'‾The role of families as Carers, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-3 | March-2018

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