Regina Schmeer Mrs Medical School Hannover Nursing Science DE schmeer. regina @ mh-hannover. de Mr Mario Gerlach Nursing Science Medical School Hannover Hannover DE gerlach. mario @ mh-hannover. de Mr Jonas Schwartze Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Infor Medical School Hannover Hannover DE jonas. schwartze @ plri. de Dr. Marianne Behrends Peter L. Reichertz Institut für Medizinische Infor Medical School Hannover Hannover DE behrends. marianne @ mh-hannover. de
SUPPORT OF CARING REL ATIVES BY CUSTOMISED INFORMATION VIA MOBILE DEVICE
Background: In Germany 1.58 million people are in need of home based care. Nearly every second of them are cared for at home by their relatives without nursing services [ 1 ]. Those relatives are often at their physical and mental limits. Aim: The aim of the project MoCaB( Mobile Care Backup) is to decrease physical and mental stress of informal care givers through proactive provision of knowledge by a mobile device. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Methods: Interviews with 10 caring relatives were carried out to understand the mental and physical burden of informal care givers as well as a review of relevant literature. Results: The interviews showed lack of knowledge and selfcare abilities of the relatives as well as social isolation. The care giver burden inventory( CBI) [ 2 ] will be used to evaluate the physical and mental condition of the care giver. The CBI consists of five different areas: time dependency, development, physical health, emotional health, social relationship. Small learning units linked to the CBI will be created to address identified challenging areas to empower the care giver. Discussion: The support of caring relatives remains a huge challenge. If the learning units fit to the individual circumstances, the provided information can help to decrease the physical and mental stress of caring relatives.
[ 1 ] Pflegestatistik 2015: Pflege im Rahmen der Pflegeversicherung Deutschlandergebnisse; Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden( Hrsg.) 2017;
[ 2 ] Novak and Guest: Care giver burden inventory, Gerontologist( 1989) 29( 6): 798-803.
Keywords: mobile device, home care, care giver, mental stress, physical stress Congress Topics: The Use of Social Media to Reach out into the Community
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