ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Challenges of Providing Home Care for a Family Member with Serious Chronic Mental Illness: A Qualitative Enquiry.
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- Understanding Thai Community Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Psychiatric Patients in Primary Care Units: A Phenomenological Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2024Article
- Burden of Care of Family Caregivers for People Diagnosed with Serious Mental Disorders in a Rural Health District in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, South Africa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relapse among MHCUs after a Short-Term Admission in an Acute Psychiatric Unit: Primary Caregivers' Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Challenges to the provision of home care and support for people with severe mental illness: Experiences and perspectives of patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Promoting Psychosocial Health of Family Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Mental Disorders: A Review of Challenges and Strategies.Chonnam medical journal · 2023Review
- Why Do Patients with Mental Disorders Default Treatment? A Qualitative Enquiry in Rural Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The Effect of The Mental Health Literacy Promotion Program on Emotion Regulation Strategies of Family Caregivers of Patients with Chronic Psychiatric Disorders in Isfahan, Iran.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
The South African Mental Health Act of 2002 advocates the de-institutionalization of treatment of patients with mental disorders, so that the mental health care users or patients are treated in their communities. Although this approach is often used to discharge patients from hospital, no feasibility assessments are conducted to ascertain adequate care for these patients. The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of family members who provide home care for patients with serious mental disorders. A qualitative explorative design was used to interview 20 primary caregivers whose family members were readmitted to a public psychiatric hospital in Pretoria. Data were analysed using NVivo version 11. The findings are that caring for patients with serious mental illness at home is difficult, sometimes unbearable, because the families have to deal with violence perpetrated by the patients, safety concerns, financial difficulties and emotional turmoil, and wish that the patients would be kept in institutions. The absence of required skills and resources to care for the mentally ill at home exposes the patients and their families to emotional, financial and social difficulties, and results in unfavourable outcomes for both the patients and their families.
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