A Qualitative study of Narrative analysis of the experiences and perceptions of informal caregivers of an elderly person

Author
Zeinab Mihandoost
Islamic Azad University
Abstract
Informal caregivers play an important role in meeting the communication, nutrition and health needs of the elderly. Understanding the experiences and perspectives of informal caregivers in caring for the elderly is important. This study aims to identify and organize the experiences of informal caregivers. The purpose of this research is to analyze the physical, cognitive and psychological problems of an elderly person with a stroke with a qualitative approach. The research method in this study is qualitative and based on unstructured interviews. The sampling method is purposeful. Interviews were conducted with the caregivers of an elderly person who had a stroke. The interview was conducted in an elderly person’s home located in Ilam city. Data analysis was done by using NVIVO software. Therefore, the interview were reviewed and initially coded, and at this stage, 570 initial codes were extracted. The initial codes were reviewed and revised several times and finally the number of five main classes with the titles of cognitive, physical, economic, care, and environmental conditions were achieved with 13 sub stage. In this study, it was found that the care provided was based on rotin actions and according to psychological, physical, health, nutrition and medicinal aspects.
Keywords
elderly
Informal caregiver
Qualitative study
cognitive
narrative research
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