Burdens among familial caregivers of stroke survivors: a literature review

Burdens among familial caregivers of stroke survivors: a literature review

Wanich Suksatan, Codey J. Collins, Apinya Koontalay, Vachira Posai
Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-

This paper aims to identify and examine burden(s) among stroke survivors’ familial caregivers for the purposes of future mitigation of such burdens. The purpose is so because these caregivers become the persons responsible for monitoring the daily living activities of their patients and are thus tasked with providing and managing a whole host of recovery, therapy and re-integrative activities to rebalance and re-establish the physical, mental and social well-being of patients.
This literature review summarized and synthesized existing literature about the burden(s) caregivers experience and the effects upon them across four primary spheres of influence.
Familial caregivers of stroke survivors suffer from high levels of “care burden” because they are the primary participant in the planning and provisioning of care to the patients. Care burden is examined across four primary spheres of influence: physical, psychological, social and economic impacts. The current review shows that familial caregivers experience substantive impacts across all four spheres.
A professional multidisciplinary team should support caregivers of stroke survivors. To do this, support should be considered among the patient’s overall family syste...

Source: Working with Older People - July 22, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Wanich Suksatan Codey J. Collins Apinya Koontalay Vachira Posai Source Type: research