title: [The need for social support of relatives of elderly persons in hospital. A comparison of relatives' and caregivers' perception].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the support provided to the relatives of aged people in hospitals by different sources, the demand for support among them and the role of nursing personnel in providing support. The study was conducted in April 1990. Questionnaires were completed by 96 relatives and 82 members of nursing personnel on nine wards. Both emotionally and informatively, the relatives were provided better support by unofficial than by official auxiliaries. The discontent concerned mainly informative support. The relatives felt that the nursing personnel had provided them less support than the personnel believed to have given. What was required was more information of the condition and the treatment of the aged person as well as general discussion with the personnel. The preparedness of the nursing personnel to provide support to relatives was considered better by relatives than by the personnel themselves.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jantunen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarvimäki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gothoni
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ewalds
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017028:Caregivers; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Behovet av socialt stöd hos anhoriga till åldringar (förbättring av årldingar) på sjukhus. En Jämförelse av anhörigas och värdares uppfattingar.