• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to examine the variables which account for grandchildren caregivers' subjective well-being. The subjects of this research were 100 grandmothers who are currently caring for grandchildren. The instruments used for this study were 'Job Content Questionnaire' by Karasek(1979), 'Family Support Inventory for Worker' by King, Mattimore, King, & Adams(1995), 'Social Support Scale' by Park(1985) and 'Psychological Positive Functioning' by Ryff(1989). Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlations and hierarchical multiple regression. The major results of this study are as follows; First, grandchildren caregiving's demand level was negatively related to grandmothers' subjective well-being, but it's control and support level were positively related to them. Second, the variables that explained grandchildren caregivers' sutjective well-being were their marital status, income, material reward, and family support. When they had a husband, the more money they had, and with more rewards for caregiving plus family support given, the more positive subjective well-being they had.

• Perspectives in Nursing Science
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.47-60
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• 2006

BACKGROUND: Social, legal, and economic factors have changed the delivery of care to elderly who are frail and/or chronically ill. Increasing number of the elderly are now treated in the community, while living with or in close proximity to their family. It is evident that families play a major role of support for elderly persons in our society. This paper provides a review and analysis of studies that have investigated informal caregiving issues encompassing physical, psychological, emotional, and social domains. RESULTS OF THE REVIEW: Family caregiving often interfered with workplace and other responsibilities, creating physical, emotional, and financial stress for caregivers. Relatively high volumes of research addressed caregiving issues in the families of Alzheimer patients and in the areas of emotional and psychological impact of caregiving. Few studies explicitly investigated the role of informal caregivers in the management of other chronic conditions such as stroke or depression or physical consequences of long-term caregiving. While most studies were focused on negative aspects of caregiving, a few studies found it rewarding. Often the burden, stress, and socio-economic effects on the family caregiving for an elderly person were not sufficiently appreciated. CONCLUSIONS: Positive outcomes for both the caregiver and the care recipient are more likely to occur when effective levels of collaboration exist between health professionals and caregivers. As a first step, a better understanding of the caregiving experience such as caregiver characteristics, care recipient characteristics, and social stigma is important for nurses to minimize the burden of care so that appropriate interventions can be developed. In addition, further studies are needed to examine the role and needs of informal caregivers in the care of increasing number of frail and/or chronic ill elderly treated in the community.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

본 연구는 4차 산업혁명이라는 변화의 물결 속에서 베이비부머 세대가 맞이할 가사노동과 돌봄의 미래를 예측하고 그 대응 방안을 모색하는 데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 미래 연구방법론인 시나리오 플래닝 기법을 적용하여 베이비부머 세대의 가사노동과 돌봄의 변화 동인을 파악하고, 노인 및 가족복지 전문가를 대상으로 변화 요인을 조사한 후 조사결과와 연구진의 의견을 토대로 '가사노동 대체 가능성'과 '가족관계 강도'라는 핵심동인을 도출하였다. 도출된 핵심동인을 토대로 '가사노동 대체 가능성의 낮음 대 높음'과 '가족관계 약화 대 강화'라는 두 개의 축을 기준으로 10년 후 베이비부머 세대의 가사노동과 돌봄에 대한 4개의 미래 시나리오를 제시하였다. 첫 번째 시나리오는 가사노동의 대체 가능성은 크며 가족관계는 약한 '자기 돌봄 형태의 가족 지향', 두 번째 시나리오는 가사노동의 대체 가능성이 높고 가족관계가 강하게 유지되는 '유연한 형태의 가족 지향', 세 번째 시나리오는 가사노동 대체 가능성이 낮고 가족관계는 강하게 유지되는 '전통적 형태의 가족 지향', 네 번째 시나리오는 두 가지 모두가 낮게 나타나는 '공적 돌봄 형태의 가족 지향'이었다. 본 연구 결과는 베이비부머 세대를 위한 다양한 상품과 서비스 개발, 노인정책 수립, 베이비부머 세대의 성공적인 노화를 위한 프로그램 개발의 기초자료로 활용될 것이며, 이를 통해 초고령사회를 안정적으로 대비해 가는데 긍정적인 기여를 할 것이다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.202-210
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• 2015

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe depression, caregiving burden and the correlation of the two variables in the families of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and to clarify factors predicting caregiving burden. Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 139 family members who provided care to patients with ALS. The characteristics of patients and families, Korean-Beck Depression Inventory (K-BDI), Korean version of Zarit Burden Interview (K-ZBI) and Korean-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale - Revised (K-ALSFRS-R) were used as study measures. Results: The mean score for K-BDI was 19.39 out of 63 suggesting sub-clinical depression and 38.2% of the family members exhibited depression. The mean score for K-ZBI was 66.03 out of 88. The predictors for K-ZBI were K-BDI, age of family member, length of time spent per day in caring, relationship to patient and K-ALSFRS-R. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that levels of depression and caregiving burden are high among family members caring for patients with ALS. As depression is associated with caregiving burden, screening and emotional supports should be provided to reduce the burden of care for these family. Support programs to alleviate the care burden are also needed, considering family demographics, time per day in caring giving and K-ALSFRS-R.

• 한국가족복지학
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• 제59호
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• pp.81-112
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• 2018

이 연구의 목적은 거듭 강조되고 있으나 여전히 어려움이 내재되어 있는 성인기 발달장애 자녀 어머니의 돌봄 부담감을 탐색하고, 이를 경감시키거나 완충할 수 있는 가족지원 방안을 논의하는데 있다. 이를 위해 B광역시에 소재하는 장애인복지관 2곳과 종합사회복지관 3곳의 장애인주간보호센터를 이용하는 성인기 발달장애 자녀 어머니 5명을 목적표집법으로 선정하여 개별 심층면담을 진행하였다. 면담자료 분석을 통하여 참여자가 경험하는 돌봄 부담감으로 자녀의 '제자리걸음을 맴도는 도전적 행동', '산 넘어 산과 같은 일상생활 관리의 어려움', '가족 기능 유지의 복병'이라는 3가지 대주제와 이에 따른 소주제 9개, 의미주제 19개를 유형화하였다. 연구결과를 바탕으로 성인기 발달장애 자녀와 그들 가족의 돌봄 부담감을 경감시킬 수 있는 정책적?실천적 가족지원 방안에 대해 논의하고 후속연구를 위한 제언을 하였다.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2016

This study analyzes the effects of caring for grandchildren on Korean grandparents' health, using the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging from 2006 to 2012. We investigate how caregiving is provided and analyze the effects of caregiving on grandparents' physical health, mental health, and health-related behaviors. As elderly people's health is generally frail, it is unclear whether the provision of childcare affects their health negatively. We control for the endogeneity of caregiving by an individual fixed effect (FE) model and instrumental variable-fixed effect (FE-IV) models. Using these models, we determine the endogeneity of caregiving and show that the significant effects of caregiving on health disappear as we control for endogeneity in the FE and FE-IV models. Even after controlling for endogeneity, we find that caregiving increases the probability of feeling pain as well as the number of different types of pain. Furthermore, caregiving increases the probability of restrictions on daily activities because of pain. On the other hand, caregiving reduces the symptoms of depression. In relation to health-related behaviors, caregiving reduces the probability of physical exercise and regular meals. Our results imply that although caregiving has a positive effect on mental health, the increase in physical pain and in non-healthy behaviors may lead to a deterioration of the caregiver's long-term health, which in turn may increase the medical costs of the elderly. Potential policy alternatives are discussed in the paper.

• 가정간호학회지
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• 제2권
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• pp.60-76
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to analysis level on family caregiver's burden for the elderly with senile dementia in a rural area and to choose priority care group, thereby facilitating the development of interventions to reduce the caregiver's burden. For this purpose, data were collected by questionaire from June 10 to October 8, 1994. The instruments for data collection were Caregiver Burden Inventory by Novak(1989) and Zarit et al(1982), severity of dementia by Hughes Scales (1982), ADL by Lawton (1971), patients' family caregiving activity by pre-survey and reference review(Lee, 1993 ; Jang, 1990 ; Yoo, 1982). The subjects were 60 family caregiver of senile dementia in a rural area. The data was analysed by the use of t-test, ANOVA, correlation and multiple regression. The results were as follows : 1. Total burden was evaluated over average, the mean of family burden was 61.24. 2. Significant variables which were correlated to the family caregiver's burden were the severity of dementia(F=30.52, p<0.001), ADL(F=5.43, p<0.01), PADL(F=6.14, p<0.01), caregiver's health status(F=6.05, p<0.01), a view of patient's prognosis(F=4.08, p<0.05), the number of hours per day spent on caregiving(F=19.64, p<0.001), level of intimacy of caregiver and patients(F=7.16, p<0.001), the frequency of caregiving activity(F=5.31, p<0.01). 3. ADL was the most important predictor to family caregiver burden(R2=0.6611). In addition to this, the severity of dementia, level of intimacy of caregiver and patient, relationship with the patient accounted for 79% of family caregiver burden. 4. The criteria of priority care group were as follows ; the mean of family caregiver burden was above 58, above of moderate ADL, the number of hours per day spent on caregiving above of 8 hours, above of moderate dementia. By the the severity of dementia, number of priority care group, mild dementia was 10(43.4%), moderate dementia 23 (92.0%), sever dementia 12(100.0%).

• 동서간호학연구지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors influencing quality of life of caregivers using day care services. Methods: Data were collected from 14 different day care services in D city, with a total of 146 female caregivers as participants. All participants were at home caregivers whose patients were senior citizens older than 65. Data were collected from September 1 to 30 of 2008 and analyzed by t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: Quality of life among caregivers of day care services differed significantly according to state of health, other caregivers, job, and family income. Quality of life among caregivers showed correlation with caregiving burden. The significant predictors affecting quality of life were state of health, other caregivers, job, and family income and caregiving burden. A combination of these predictors accounted for 43.5% of the variance in quality of life. Conclusion: These findings show that quality of life of family caregivers using day care services is influenced by caregiving burden. Development of day care service programs is necessary in order to reduce caregiving burden of family caregivers for the elderly.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.121-139
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• 2017

This study aimed to explore the moderating effect of social support resources on the life satisfaction and caregiving burden of family caregivers taking care of the elderly in long-term care services. The study participants were selected from among the family caregivers utilizing 30 home care centers in Seoul, Korea. Of the candidates who agreed to participate in the study, 250 caregivers who had supported the elderly at home for at least 6 months were selected. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS ver. 21.0. The study findings were as follows. First, the whole family caregivers' caregiving burden of family caregivers was found to be slightly higher than the median value. More specifically, the physical burden was the heaviest, followed by the family relationship burden, the social activity burden, the emotional burden, and the financial burden. Social support resources and life satisfaction were found to be a little bit higher than the median value. Second, the variables that statistically significantly increased life satisfaction, starting with the strongest effect, were a lower psycho emotional burden, greater informational support resources, a lower economical burden, greater emotional support, a younger caregiver age, a higher monthly income, and a shorter care period. Third, informational support resources were found to have a moderating effect on the relationship between the support burden and life satisfaction. The more the participants used the informational support resource subcategory of the social support resources, the narrower the life satisfaction decrease, even though the caregivers felt a support burden. Informational support resources appear to have a statistically significant buffering effect.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.319-330
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 노인장기요양보험 재가보호서비스를 이용하는 노인성 치매환자 가족의 돌봄경험에 대한 평가와 가족기능과의 관계를 파악하기 위함이다. 본 연구의 대상자는 경기도 I병원 치매예방센터에서 DSM-IV기준에 의해 치매를 진단받고 노인장기요양보험 재가보호서비스를 이용하고 있는 65세 이상의 노인성 치매환자 가족구성원 121명을 대상으로 하였다. 연구결과 대상자의 평균 연령은 $53.80{\pm}10.86$세로 여성이 75.2%이었고 그 중 딸이 37.2%로 가장 많았다. 대상자의 돌봄평가는 중립적 인식의 요구감이 가장 높았고 긍정적 인식인 숙련감, 만족감이 그 다음으로 높았다. 대상자의 가족기능은 보통정도였고 영역별로 정서적 기능이 가장 높았던 반면, 의사소통이 가장 낮았다. 대상자의 돌봄평가 중 긍정적 인식의 만족감이 높고 중립적 인식의 요구감이 낮을수록 가족기능이 높았다. 추후 노인성 치매환자 가족의 돌봄에 대한 요구감을 줄이고 만족감을 향상시키며 가족의 정서적 기능과 의사소통을 증진시키기 위한 간호중재개발이 필요하다.