When long-term care comes to an end: informal caregivers’ perspectives on patient discharge

• DOI: 10.12707/riv19023
• Publication Date: 2019-09-30T06:38:52Z
• Authors: Adriana Carvalho; Lia Araújo; Manuel Veríssimo
• Keywords: prestación de atención de salud; caregivers; delivery of health care; cuidadores; demência; patient discharge; R; RT1-120; assistência à saúde; Nursing; alta do paciente; 3. Good health; demencia; 03 medical and health sciences; Medicine; alta del paciente; 0305 other medical science; dementia

Background:The purpose of long-term integrated care units is the readaptation and reintegration into family social life.Objective: To understand informal caregivers' perspectives on discharge their relatives with dementia from facilities.Methodology: Fifteen caregivers (mean age 60 years) were interviewed, data qualitatively analyzed using NVivo.Results: Despite concern fear about discharge, most participants did not take any action.When questioned what they would do if member was discharged unit, mentioned that return home (n = 5) or go to a residential facility for older people 10).This decision justified by one more reasons, namely environmental factors, caregiver unavailability, relationship proximity, economic issues, issues.Conclusion: Healthcare professionals should consider reasons influencing integration delivery patient after better support, train, empower caregivers.These measures be part routine.