A research report in partial fulfilment of Masters of Arts in Social and Psychological Research, School of Human and Community Development, University of Witwatersrand, 2018 / Caregiving is reported in numerous studies to have adverse effects on caregivers, including
caregiver stress; mental and emotional strain; feelings of burden; and even the risk of
mortality. Specifically for caregivers of adults with physical disabilities (AWPD), it is
appreciated that caregiving is a life-changing experience as major modifications have to be
made. These numerous changes have been reported to expedite the manifestation of stress
that is differently perceived by the caregivers. Caregivers of AWPD are therefore anticipated
to be at high risk of stress as this type of caregiving has been reported to be burdensome. In
South Africa, researchers seem to have overlooked caregivers of adults with physical
disabilities as a group that potentially have specific and unique perceptions in the role of
caregiving. Most importantly the literature seemed limited in presenting how caregivers of
AWPD qualify stress levels. Another paucity observed in the existing literature is that there
are no accounts by caregivers on how the qualified stress levels impact on the relationship
between the caregiver and care recipient. The aim of the current research was to explore
perceived stress levels of caregivers of AWPDs. A second aim was to establish how
caregivers of AWPD perceive stress levels to impact on the caregiver-care recipient
relationship. The results highlighted that caregivers perceived stress levels to be fluctuating
with time and affecting their health. According to the perspectives of the caregivers of
AWPD, stress has either positive or negative impacts on the caregiver-care recipient
communication, cooperation and closeness, differing amongst caregivers. / XL2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/25705 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Ditiso, Baikgopodi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (58 leaves), application/pdf, application/pdf |
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