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    The caregiving experience: How much do health professionals understand?

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    Authors
    Wynaden, Dianne
    Ladzinski, Urusula
    Lapsley, Jennifer
    Landsborough, Ian
    Butt, Janice
    Hewitt, Vivien
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wynaden, Dianne and Ladzinski, Ursula and Lapsley, Jennifer and Landsborough, Ian and Butt, Janice and Hewitt, Vivien. 2006. The caregiving experience: How much do health professionals understand? Collegian 13 (3): 6-10.
    Source Title
    Collegian
    DOI
    10.1016/S1322-7696(08)60526-0
    Faculty
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Division of Health Sciences
    Remarks

    This is an electronic version of an article published in Collegian 13(3):6-10, Royal College of Nursing, Australia.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14151
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Legal, social and economic factors have changed the delivery of care to people who have a mental disorder. Many of these people are now treated in the community and they live with or in close proximity to their family. The aim of this paper is to provide health professionals with an insight into the experience of being a caregiver to a person with a mental disorder. For these families caregiving becomes an integral part of everyday life.Positive outcomes for both the caregiver and the ill family member are more likely to occur when effective levels of collaboration exist between health professionals and caregivers. Collaboration is enhanced when caregivers and health professionals value each other's contribution to the ill family member's care. Often the burden, stress, and socio-economic effects on the family caring for a person with mental illness is not sufficiently appreciated and further increases this burden. A review of the literature from the caregiver's perception is presented. An increased understanding of the caregiving experience will enable health professionals to develop and implement strategies that facilitate positive outcomes for the caregiver and the ill family member.

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