Needs of family caregivers in home care for older adults
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Needs of family caregivers in home care for older adults 1
Objective: to reveal the felt and normative needs of primary family caregivers when providing instrumental support to older adults enrolled in a Home Care Program in a Primary Health Service in the South of Brazil. Methods: using Bradshaw's taxonomy of needs to explore the caregiver's felt needs (stated needs) and normative needs (defined by professionals), a mixed exploratory study was condu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0104-1169
DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.1511.2870