Knowledge, practice and needs of family caregiver in the care of older people: a review

Ab Ghani, Nor Nadiya and Makhtar, Aniawanis and Syed Elias, Sharifah Munirah and Ahmad, Norfadzilah and Mohamed Ludin, Salizar (2022) Knowledge, practice and needs of family caregiver in the care of older people: a review. International Journal of Care Scholars, 5 (3). pp. 70-78. ISSN 2600-898X

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Abstract

Family caregivers play a significant role in the care of older people. However, their knowledge, practice and needs in the care of older people often overlooked. Therefore, this review was performed to provide an overview of family caregivers’ knowledge, practice and needs in the care of older people. A literature search was conducted using the following electronic databases: ProQuest Health and Medical Complete, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO Host, Science Direct and Scopus. Search terms used were “older people”, “family caregiver”, “knowledge”, “practice” and “needs”. Two reviewers independently screened the studies and the extracted data. A total of 2115 eligible studies were identified after database search. Only nine studies met the inclusion criteria after full article screening and were included for data extraction. This review of the articles presents a summary of (1) family caregivers’ knowledge about the care of older people, (2) family caregivers’ practice in the care of older people and (3) family caregivers’ needs in the care of older people. The analysis reveals that most of the caregivers addressed a lack of knowledge and poor practice in the care of older people. This review also offers important insight into the needs of family caregivers. Hence, this review recommends further studies on knowledge, practice and needs in the care of older people to identify contextual challenges and provide evidence-based solutions to improve family caregivers’ knowledge, practice and needs in the care of older people.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Older people; Caregiver; Knowledge; Practice; Needs
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing > RT86.3 Nurse and patient
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Critical Care Nursing Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Professional Nursing Studies Kulliyyah of Nursing > Department of Special Care Nursing
Depositing User:	Aniawanis Makhtar
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2022 15:40
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:41
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/101671

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