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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