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Asma/imunologia , Asma/terapia , Citocinas/genética , Asma/genética , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Citocinas/biossíntese , Humanos , Imunossupressores/uso terapêutico , Interleucina-5/biossíntese , Interleucina-5/genética , Tacrolimo/uso terapêutico , Transcrição Gênica/efeitos dos fármacosAssuntos
Asma/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Interleucina-5/biossíntese , Animais , Asma/sangue , Asma/terapia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/efeitos dos fármacos , Ciclosporina/farmacologia , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Interleucina-5/genética , Ionomicina/farmacologia , Tacrolimo/farmacologia , Acetato de Tetradecanoilforbol/farmacologia , Transcrição GênicaRESUMO
The purpose of this study was to develop a supporting system in the community which reduces care burden of the family caregiver members of bedridden elderly age 75 and over. Preliminary study was carried out in order to find out fundamental elements of care burden. Five families were picked up among the families living in Chuo ward in Tokyo who were provided professional nursing care services at home. A nursing intervention was done through home visits and interviews with caregivers and their subjects who need proper care services. 1. fundamental elements of a caregiver's care burden: a) main elements are health and mental condition of elders, b) influential elements are the function of caregivers, the function of assistant caregivers, the function of professionals and the function of care systems. 2. The line of stress defence: All the functions except that of caregivers were positioned at the line of stress defense, and in our view the caregiver's coping capability would be increased as the line of stress defense functions and, hence, the care burden might be reduced. 3. Assessment of fundamental elements shall be determined from 3 aspects a) health and mental condition of elders, b) accessibility to buffers and their quality and c) capacity and skill of a care giver. In order to reduce the care burden of the family caregiver, it is necessary to assess multilaterally the constituents and/or structures of care in the future, and at the same time the additional functions will be required to furnish information and educate the caregivers on how to utilize various social care services, there by enabling them to cope with psychological stress effectively. These findings suggest that it is also necessary to complete the training of professional concerning feasible means that could promote the caregivers' abilities to cope with the bedridden and senile elderly.
