Family experiences related to hospitalization of older adults
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Objective: to describe how families deal with the impact of older adults’ hospitalizations in their daily lives. Method: qualitative study based on the theoretical framework of Family Systems Nursing. Eleven family members of eight older adults who were hospitalized for some clinical condition between 2018 and 2022 participated in the study. Data collection was performed between April and June 2022, by means of an online video-recorded interview, and the instrument used to conduct the interview was the Genograph. Results: the analysis of the interviews generated three categories that describe the experience of the families with the hospitalization of older adults, namely: (1) experiences and feelings of the family during hospitalization; (2) arrangements that the family organized to accompany the hospitalization; and (3) the relationship of the families with the health system, health professionals and the structure of the system. Final Considerations: all family members were impacted in some way during the hospitalization of older adults. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the experience, needs and expectations of the entire families, in addition to the coping strategies they use, in order to offer assistance that includes them as a unit of care and observe the family as a whole and not individually.
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