Informal Caregivers’ Experiences and Needs When Caring for a Relative With Heart Failure: An Interview Study

Conclusions: Informal caregivers’ daily life involves decisive changes that are experienced as burdensome. They handled their new situations using different strategies to preserve a sense of “self” and of “us.” Informal caregivers express a need for more involvement with healthcare professionals, which may facilitate informal caregivers’ situation and improve the dyadic congruence in the relation with their relative.
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Article/Online Only Source Type: research