The Experience of Paid Family-Care Workers of People with Dementia in South Korea
Asian Nursing Research
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: 34-41, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The South Korean government introduced the universal long-term care insurance program in 2008 that created a new employment category of “paid family-care worker” to assist the elderly with chronic illnesses including dementia. The aim of this study was to understand the lived experience of paid family-care workers of people with dementia in South Korea.METHODS:
The study was a qualitative research design underpinned by interpretive description principles involving eight paid family-care workers. The participants were recruited by attaching the advertisement flyer in a notice board of an educational facility for paid family-care workers.RESULTS:
Paid family-care workers struggled to manage the behavioral and psychological symptoms of their care recipients. Their workloads created physical, emotional, social, and financial burdens. However, the care-giving activities were encouraged through their sense of responsibility, filial piety, and personal religious beliefs. Financial subsidies from the government and help received from others were also identified as encouragements. The education course provided to them assisted them to improve their dementia-care capabilities.CONCLUSION:
Understanding paid family-care workers' lived experience in dementia care in South Korea assists with the identification of their educational needs and level of support they require to improve dementia care in the home care environment. A number of suggestions are made to increase paid family-care workers' knowledge, clinical skills, and job satisfaction to reduce their burdens and work-related incidents, such as challenging behaviors from those being cared for.
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Asunto principal:
Religión
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Enfermedad Crónica
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Competencia Clínica
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Personal de Salud
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Seguro de Cuidados a Largo Plazo
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Cuidados a Largo Plazo
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Demencia
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Investigación Cualitativa
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Educación
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Empleo
Tipo de estudio:
Investigación cualitativa
Límite:
Anciano
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Asian Nursing Research
Año:
2018
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