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Pinero de Plaza MA, Hutchinson C, Beleigoli A, Tieu M, Lawless M, Conroy T, Feo R, Clark RA, Dafny H, McMillan P, Allande-Cussó R, Kitson AA. The Caring Life Course Theory: Opening new frontiers in care-A cardiac rehabilitation example. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 39011837 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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AIM(S) To operationalize the Caring Life Course Theory (CLCT) as a framework for improving cardiac rehabilitation (CR) engagement and informing ways to address disparities in rural, low socio-economic areas. METHODS A secondary analysis of data collected from 15 CR programmes to identify CR patterns through the CLCT lens using a mixed-methods approach. All analytical processes were conducted in NVivo, coding qualitative data through thematic analysis based on CLCT constructs. Relationships among these constructs were quantitatively assessed using Jaccard coefficients and hierarchical clustering via dendrogram analysis to identify related clusters. RESULTS A strong interconnectedness among constructs: 'care from others', 'capability', 'care network' and 'care provision' (coefficient = 1) highlights their entangled crucial role in CR. However, significant conceptual disparities between 'care biography' and 'fundamental care' (coefficient = 0.4) and between 'self-care' and 'care biography' (coefficient = 0.384615) indicate a need for more aligned and personalized care approaches within CR. CONCLUSION The CLCT provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical framework to address disparities in CR, facilitating a personalized approach to enhance engagement in rural and underserved regions. IMPLICATIONS Integrating CLCT into CR programme designs could effectively address participation challenges, demonstrating the theory's utility in developing targeted, accessible care interventions/solutions. IMPACT Explored the challenge of low CR engagement in rural, low socio-economic settings. Uncovered care provision, transitions and individual care biographies' relevance for CR engagement. Demonstrated the potential of CLCT to inform/transform CR services for underserved populations, impacting practices and outcomes. REPORTING METHOD EQUATOR-MMR-RHS. PATIENT CONTRIBUTION A consumer co-researcher contributed to all study phases.
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- Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza
- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- The Mparntwe Centre for Evidence in Health, Flinders University: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Alice Springs, Northwest Territories, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Adelaide Health Simulation, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- The Mparntwe Centre for Evidence in Health, Flinders University: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Alice Springs, Northwest Territories, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- The Mparntwe Centre for Evidence in Health, Flinders University: A JBI Centre of Excellence, Alice Springs, Northwest Territories, Australia
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Health Consumer Advocate with Lived Experience in Multimorbidity Disease Management, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Nursing Department, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry School, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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- Caring Futures Institute, College Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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What Palliative Patients and their Carers Need at Home and what a Primary Health Care Team can Offer - First Pilot Study in Slovenia. Zdr Varst 2022; 62:48-54. [PMID: 36694795 PMCID: PMC9837809 DOI: 10.2478/sjph-2023-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Introduction Spending one's last days and dying at home is a common wish of people with a life-limiting illness. Home-based palliative care is essentially organised at the primary level to meet the needs of palliative patients and their carers. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of home-based palliative care, focusing on those who identify palliative patients, what their needs are and how this affects their length of life and site of death. Methods This retrospective cohort study analysed routinely collected notes of patients enrolled in home-based palliative care between 2015 and 2021. Palliative care was provided by a primary health care team in a predominantly rural area. Results This study included 107 palliative patients, aged 71±11.4 years, 94% of whom had cancer. They were enrolled in palliative care by their primary care team or by hospital staff. The enrolment by hospital staff (3%) resulted in significantly shorter survival (p=0.008). Patients lived an average of 66 days, and 65% of patients died at home. Home-based palliative care was found to respond to both basic and complex palliative medical needs, but was weaker in addressing socio-economic, psychological or spiritual issues. Conclusion This exemplary primary-level palliative team provided home-based palliative care that has improved over the years in terms of all the observed quality indicators: early enrolment, the proportion of patients dying at home and the ability to address needs. Specialised mobile palliative teams, hospitals and other palliative care settings complement home-based palliative care.
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Hvalič-Touzery S, Trkman M, Dolničar V. Caregiving Situation as a Predictor of Subjective Caregiver Burden: Informal Caregivers of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14496. [PMID: 36361373 PMCID: PMC9655837 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated emotional, financial, and technical challenges for informal caregivers of older people. The aim of this study was to explore the caregiving situation and subjective burden of informal caregivers of older family members during COVID-19, and to investigate how a caregiving situation's characteristics predict the subjective burden of care in times of COVID-19. The study was conducted in April and May 2021 via an online access panel. The sample (n = 612) was determined using a screening test that enabled us to focus on a Slovenian population of informal caregivers aged 40+ caring for a person aged 65+ for at least four hours/week on average. Our findings reveal that the subjective burden of care was high among informal caregivers during COVID-19. Multiple regression analysis showed that the provision of activities of daily living, care duration, average hours of care per week, formal care status, and recipients' health problems related to dementia or other memory problems significantly predicted the subjective burden of caregivers. These findings call for better recognition of the role of informal caregivers. The time and effort devoted to informal care should be supported by legislation and social security.
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Santini S, D’Amen B, Socci M, Di Rosa M, Hanson E, Hlebec V. Difficulties and Needs of Adolescent Young Caregivers of Grandparents in Italy and Slovenia: A Concurrent Mixed-Methods Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19052837. [PMID: 35270530 PMCID: PMC8910623 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19052837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Many adolescent young caregivers (AYCs) care for a grandparent (GrP) with chronic disease, especially in countries with no or low developed long-term care systems and/or level of awareness of and policy responses to young caregivers. This mixed-methods study aimed at shedding light on the needs and difficulties faced by a sample of 162 adolescents aged 15-17, caring for GrPs, living in Italy (87) and Slovenia (75), respectively. A multiple linear regression model was built for the quantitative data. Qualitative data were content analysed using an open coding process. Italian and Slovenian respondents reported a moderate amount of caring activity and relatively high positive caregiving outcomes. Nevertheless, one out of three AYCs reported health problems due to their caring responsibilities. Compared to their Italian counterparts, Slovenian respondents were supported to a lesser extent by public services. Italian respondents faced communicative and practical problems; Slovenian AYCs experienced mainly emotional discomfort. AYCs from both countries requested emotional and practical support from formal services and family networks. Further, Slovenian AYCs requested emotional support and a personalized learning plan from schoolteachers. Support measures aimed at training AYCs of GrPs on geriatric care are recommended to address specific issues related to ageing and long-term care needs.
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- Sara Santini
- Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Aging, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy; (S.S.); (B.D.)
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- Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Aging, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy; (S.S.); (B.D.)
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- Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Aging, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy; (S.S.); (B.D.)
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratory of Geriatric Pharmacoepidemiology, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy;
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- Department Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, SE-39182 Kalmar, Sweden;
- The Swedish Family Care Competence Centre, Strömgatan 13, SE-39232 Kalmar, Sweden
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva Ploščad 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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