Caregiver burden and resilience of nurses in home care during a covid-19 pandemic

Carga del cuidador y resiliencia de enfermeros en atención domiciliaria durante pandemia covid-19

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The need for home care services, especially for older adults, is increasing, and in times of pandemic, formal caregivers are used to support this care, leading them to present a caregiver burden. Objective. Describe the burden of the caregiver and the resilience of nurses who provide care in home care programs in times of pandemic. Methods. Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, carried out in an Institution that provides home care health in the month of November 2020. The population was made up of 20 nurses. The sampling was non-probabilistic for convenience. The Wagnild, & Young Resilience Scale and Zarit caregiver load were used. For data analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 22 was used, from which descriptive and inferential statistics were obtained, such as means, standard deviations, frequencies, percentages and Fisher's test. Results. 94% of the formal caregivers were women, an intense burden was evidenced in 20% of the caregivers and a low level of resilience in those caregivers who live with their siblings and a high level of resilience in caregivers who live alone, independent. Conclusion. In times of pandemic, work responsibilities in home care, especially of older adults, increase, threats from the environment, and the personal aspects of the formal caregiver, such as the number of people in charge, make work and personal conditions difficult at this time. carry, carrying a provision to present caregiver burden.

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