Tilting at Windmills - A Qualitative Study about Family Caregiver Interactions and Perceptions in Forensic Mental Health Care

This study aims to explore family caregivers' perceptions of their interactions with the service user and HCPs. The method used was qualitative. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 12 family caregiver participants were carried out and analyzed thematically. The analysis resulted in three interrelated main themes: Strategies to normalize everyday living; Distrust of the quality of care; and Loss and grief. Family caregiver feelings of loss and grief may be suppressed, which additionally could prevent them from supporting the service user.PMID:38412043 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2024.2308544
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research