title: Avoidance of issues in family caregiving.
abstract: Effective communication between older people and their family carers is necessary for providing appropriate and quality care. However, family carers and carereceivers may avoid discussing issues of concern and this may adversely affect the quality of the caring relationship. This study investigated the content of, and avoidance of issues in communication between 84 spousal and filial carers and carereceivers. The study findings indicate that family carers and carereceivers do avoid discussing issues of concern. Nurses working with families are well placed to promote more effective communication in the caring context to augment more satisfying caring relationships for both carers and carereceivers.
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, School of Nursing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forster
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014743:Videotape Recording