Estrategias de orientación a familias que tienen a su cuidado pacientes pluripatológicos del programa de visitas a domicilio

Abstract

The study of chronic patients is difficult and enigmatic, a world that the family counselor must understand, analyze, coordinate and articulate to improve the quality of life of the patient and their environment.

This article is aimed at the care of the primary caregiver, a person involved in the well-being of the patient they care for. For this purpose, visits were made to multi-pathological patients and primary caregivers, where the descriptive-experimental method with a mixed approach is used and the results will help guide the counselor and the staff who visit the family; The health care professional or caregiver related to the area where a sample of 18 patients and their caregivers is obtained is excluded.

The analysis is carried out after 16 weeks, where the following is obtained: caregiver age between 61 to 70 years with 89% female and 70% of cases a daughter caregiver, 90% with basic education; 60% of caregivers have illnesses and 80% of caregivers state that they do not have help from other family members in caring for the multi-pathological patient. In addition, 65% of caregivers are found to be overburdened and 90% are dependent on the patient. their care, such statistics changed by 40% over the course of 16 weeks of work where improvement was obtained in caregivers and patients who suffer from pathologies that invalidate their daily lives.