title: Needs of family caregivers in home care for older adults.
abstract: to reveal the felt and normative needs of primary family caregivers when providing instrumental support to older adults enrolled in a Home Care Program in a Primary Health Service in the South of Brazil.
  
  
  
  using Bradshaw's taxonomy of needs to explore the caregiver's felt needs (stated needs) and normative needs (defined by professionals), a mixed exploratory study was conducted in three steps: Descriptive quantitative phase with 39 older adults and their caregiver, using a data sheet based on patient records; Qualitative exploratory phase that included 21 caregiver interviews, analyzed by content analysis; Systematic observation, using an observation guide with 16 caregivers, analyzed by descriptive statistics.
  
  
  
  the felt needs were related to information about instrumental support activities and subjective aspects of care. Caregivers presented more normative needs related to medications care.
  
  
  
  understanding caregivers' needs allows nurses to plan interventions based on their particularities.
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Scholarship holder at Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla Cristiane Becker Kottwitz
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bierhals
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Scholarship holder at Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil.
authors.forename: Naiana Oliveira Dos
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Master's student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Laís
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Fengler
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate student in Nursing, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Scholarship holder at Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), Brazil.
authors.forename: Kamila Dellamora
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Raubustt
authors.affiliation: PhD, Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: Dorothy Anne
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.affiliation: PhD, Associate Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lisiane Manganelli Girardi
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Paskulin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care