Narratives of health-promoting experiences by older husbands and wives providing care to their home-dwelling spouses receiving home-care services in Norway
This study has provided insights into the narratives of older husbands and wives acting as family caregivers regarding what promotes their health caring for their spouses at home. Their stories show variations in care style, coping style and experiences of the caregiver burden. These findings suggest that home-care services should consider providing customized health-promoting services to older family caregivers who are providing care to their home-dwelling spouses receiving home-care services. Given the sample size of only ten participants, further qualitative and quantitative research is needed.
Authors
- Beate Lie Sverre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7122-654X)
- Siri Tønnessen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7106-5405)
- Grethe Eilertsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5882-2600)
- Hege Stokmo Melilla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8834-1724)
Institutions
- University of South-Eastern Norway (NO)
- Lovisenberg Diakonale Høgskole (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12097-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.70