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Responses to caregiving: a reconceptualization using the Roy adaptation model
1Division of Nursing and Health Sciences, Neumann College, Aston, Pennsylvania, USA.
Holistic Nursing Practice
|December 31, 1997
Summary
Family caregivers face significant demands that disrupt their lives. This study examines caregiver burden literature and proposes a new framework using the Roy adaptation model.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Caregiver Support
- Health Psychology
Background:
- Family members providing home care for chronically ill relatives experience substantial demands.
- These demands can significantly disrupt the caregiver's overall life and well-being.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review and synthesize existing literature on caregiver burden.
- To reconceptualize the dimensions of caregiver burden.
- To apply the Roy adaptation model to understand caregiver burden.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of studies on caregiver burden.
- Conceptual analysis.
- Application of the Roy adaptation model framework.
Main Results:
- Caregiver burden is a multifaceted phenomenon impacting various life domains.
- The Roy adaptation model provides a useful lens for understanding caregiver adaptation.
- Identified key dimensions of caregiver burden within the adaptation framework.
Conclusions:
- Reconceptualizing caregiver burden through the Roy adaptation model offers a novel perspective.
- This framework can inform interventions to support family caregivers.
- Further research is needed to validate the model in practice.