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Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand
AIM: To understand the experiences of caregivers with older people living in Thailand, particularly as related to quality of life and stress management. METHOD: In‐depth interviews with 17 family caregivers were conducted and then data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: Carers experience not only...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12266 |
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author | Gray, Rossarin Soottipong Hahn, Laura Thapsuwan, Sasinee Thongcharoenchupong, Natjera |
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description | AIM: To understand the experiences of caregivers with older people living in Thailand, particularly as related to quality of life and stress management. METHOD: In‐depth interviews with 17 family caregivers were conducted and then data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: Carers experience not only negative impacts but also positive impacts from caregiving. Negative impacts include emotional stress, financial struggles and worry due to lack of knowledge. Positive impacts include affection from care recipients, good relationships with caregivers before needing care themselves and encouragement from the wider community. Opportunities to show gratitude, build karma (from good deeds) and ideas shaped largely by Buddhist teachings result in positive experiences. Negotiating between the extremes of bliss and suffering and understanding suffering as a part of life may help carers manage their stress. CONCLUSIONS: Temples and centres for older people could be engaged to develop caregiving programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-50696092016-11-01 Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand Gray, Rossarin Soottipong Hahn, Laura Thapsuwan, Sasinee Thongcharoenchupong, Natjera Australas J Ageing Research Articles AIM: To understand the experiences of caregivers with older people living in Thailand, particularly as related to quality of life and stress management. METHOD: In‐depth interviews with 17 family caregivers were conducted and then data were thematically analysed. RESULTS: Carers experience not only negative impacts but also positive impacts from caregiving. Negative impacts include emotional stress, financial struggles and worry due to lack of knowledge. Positive impacts include affection from care recipients, good relationships with caregivers before needing care themselves and encouragement from the wider community. Opportunities to show gratitude, build karma (from good deeds) and ideas shaped largely by Buddhist teachings result in positive experiences. Negotiating between the extremes of bliss and suffering and understanding suffering as a part of life may help carers manage their stress. CONCLUSIONS: Temples and centres for older people could be engaged to develop caregiving programs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-03-11 2016-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5069609/ /pubmed/26969906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12266 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Australasian Journal on Ageing published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on behalf of AJA Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Gray, Rossarin Soottipong Hahn, Laura Thapsuwan, Sasinee Thongcharoenchupong, Natjera Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title | Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title_full | Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title_fullStr | Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title_full_unstemmed | Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title_short | Strength and stress: Positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in Thailand |
title_sort | strength and stress: positive and negative impacts on caregivers for older adults in thailand |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5069609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26969906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12266 |
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