ON BEING A FAMILY CAREGIVER. DISRUPTION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE
ON BEING A FAMILY CAREGIVER. DISRUPTION IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE

Summary/Abstract: Given the aging of the French population, more and more elderly people find themselves in a situation of incapacity requiring the intervention of family carers. A multidisciplinary research project on the longitudinal monitoring of a cohort of family caregivers whose elderly relative has been diagnosed with a chronic pathology (cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, cardiac pathologies, AMD), the ICE cohort (Informal Carers of the Elderly), was initiated in Burgundy Franche-Comté (France). The objective is to analyze the life trajectory of caregivers, highlighting the repercussions on family life, social life, professional life, etc. Primary results show that the new responsibilities of carers take a toll and that the family relationship may give way to a feeling dominated by obligation, constraint, renouncements (leisure, work, social relationships, etc.) which can vary depending on the pathology of the person cared for. There are, however, positive effects. The activity of caregiving strengthens the bond with the person being helped.

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