Informal caregivers’ experience in role transition after dehospitalization
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Objective: to understand the experiences of informal caregivers of dependent people in the role transition process after dehospitalization. Method: a descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study carried out with informal caregivers of dependent people who participated in a protocol of instrumentation for discharge. Data collection took place with 10 participants from southern Brazil, between July and August 2021, through interviews conducted at home. For data organization, we used IRAMUTEQ®. Analysis was anchored in the Transition Theory. Results: the results addressed the process of situational transition of informal caregivers, emerging three final classes: Class 1 - Difficulties in the daily care of dependent people; Class 2 – Meanings given to role transitions; and Class 3 – (Dis)continuity of care after hospital discharge. Final considerations: it was possible to understand that the experiences were permeated by inhibiting factors so that the meanings given to this experience were associated with the difficulties with the transition to the role of caregiver. Nurses played the role of facilitator in the situational transition process, by accompanying them, guiding them and enabling them to develop new skills.
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