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A phenomenological-hermeneutic study exploring caring responsibility for a chronically ill, older parent with frailty.
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- Total uncertainty: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of experiences of uncertainty in older people with advanced multimorbidity, their informal carers and health professionals.Age and ageing · 2022Pooled it
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- Family Involvement During Patient Hospitalisation-Developing and Testing a Clinical Decision Aid.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the polish version of the Dysfunctional Thoughts about Caregiving Questionnaire (DTCQ).PloS one · 2025Article
- Managing Shifting Visitor Restrictions in Hospitals during the COVID-19 Pandemic from National Authority Level to Charge Nurses' Practice: A Descriptive Study.Journal of nursing management · 2024Article
- Uncertainty in serious illness: A national interdisciplinary consensus exercise to identify clinical research priorities.PloS one · 2024Article
- Caring for Frail Older People Living Alone in Italy: Future Housing Solutions and Responsibilities of Family and Public Services, a Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The tension between carrying a burden and feeling like a burden: a qualitative study of informal caregivers' and care recipients' experiences after patient discharge from hospital.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Next of kin's experiences of registered nurses' leadership close to older adults in municipal home care in Sweden: an interview study.BMC nursing · 2021Article
- A phenomenological-hermeneutic study exploring caring responsibility for a chronically ill, older parent with frailty.Nursing open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Aim: To provide lifeworld insights into experiences of adult children with caring responsibility for an 80+-year-old chronically ill parent with frailty. Background: Informal care is common in Nordic welfare countries; however, little is known about adult children's experience of caring responsibility in this setting. Design: A phenomenological-hermeneutic study based on Reflective Lifeworld Research. Methods: Diaries and semi-structured interviews with 12 adult children. Results: Caring responsibility is identified as "a condition of life, filled with uncertainty." Three constituents contribute to this phenomenon: (a) balancing love, duty and reciprocity; (b) being the parent's advocate and manager; and (c) experiencing concerns and bodily strain. Conclusion: Adult children work hard to provide care and enhance the well-being of their parent. Heidegger's concept 'Fürsorge' may help us understand how by showing how caring responsibility means balancing different roles vis-à-vis the parent, one's own life and the health and social systems. Caring responsibility changes the relationship between parent and child.
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