Family caregiver of older adults and Cultural Care in Nursing care

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the experiences of family caregivers of dependent older adults, who show performance overload and emotional distress, using the Theory of Culture Care. METHOD: Qualitative study with nine caregivers of home care dependent older adults, based on Grounded Theory. RESULTS: The findings allowed the identification of potentialities and frailties in the context of family home care and subsidizing the construction of a theoretical scheme resulting from the analysis of possibilities of the nursing care practice according to the culture, through the three modes of action: maintenance, adjustment and repatterning of cultural care. Final considerations: Respecting the cultural values and family beliefs, the nurse can help to institute mutually established changes, promoting a better quality in the nursing care relationship and a relief to the strain of the role of the caregiver.