Den familiære relasjonens betydning for pårørendes behov i møte med helsetjenesten

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  • Helene Hanssen Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag
  • Rita Sommerseth Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/14.3323

Keywords:

Informal carer, caregiver, support, family relation, health services, health workers, pårørende, prørendestøtte, familierelasjon, helsetjeneste, helsepersonell

Abstract

The Significance of Family relations to Informal Carers’ Needs in interaction with Health Services

This article is based on a study aiming to explore informal carers’ needs and experiences in their contact with health services. The study was accomplished in 2011 and consisted of two sub-studies: a survey addressing informal carers in general and a focus-group study, where the participants were informal carers to one or more family members. In this article, the qualitative data from both studies are emphasised: the open written statements in the questionnaires and the focus-group interviews. The results show a similarity in informal carers’ needs and experiences independent of the patients’ diagnoses. However, we find that the needs are related to the family relation between the informal carer and patient. Particularly, there is a difference between the needs of those who are informal carers to their partner and those who care for their own parent(s) or grown children. The value of informal carers’ support also is clearly pointed out in the results. Our findings highlight the importance of professional health workers paying attention to both the informal carer and the patient, individually as well as relationally.

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Author Biographies

Helene Hanssen, Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag

Førstelektor i sosialt arbeid, Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag

Rita Sommerseth, Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag

Pensjonert dosent i psykisk helsearbeid og sosialt arbeid, Universitetet i Stavanger, Institutt for helsefag

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Published

2015-01-26

How to Cite

Hanssen, H., & Sommerseth, R. (2015). Den familiære relasjonens betydning for pårørendes behov i møte med helsetjenesten. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 10(2), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.7557/14.3323

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