Jóvenes cuidadores en Brasil: los retos de la responsabilidad prematura en el hogar

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https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2024.24.4.4

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Cuidadores, niños, adolescente, carga del cuidador, relaciones familiares

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Introducción: el cuidado que prestan los jóvenes cuidadores puede entenderse como un proceso complejo debido a su multidimensionalidad, de modo que sus efectos y significados pueden trascender la mera atribución como cuidador. Objetivo: comprender cómo los jóvenes cuidadores perciben el cuidado a un familiar dependiente. Materiales y método: investigación exploratoria, cualitativa, guiada por la teoría fundamentada y el marco teórico del pensamiento complejo. Los datos fueron recogidos de 15 jóvenes cuidadores y siete familiares entre agosto de 2022 y octubre de 2023, en los domicilios de los jóvenes y familiares que cuidaban a un familiar dependiente, residentes en Brasil. Los datos fueron analizados en tres etapas: codificación abierta, axial y selectiva. Resultados: los datos analizados permitieron formular tres categorías temáticas: “Cuando la necesidad de cuidar se convierte de repente en una realidad”; “Convertirse en un joven cuidador: experiencias vividas”; “El día a día de un joven cuidador: tipos de cuidados, expectativas y percepciones”. Se observó que convertirse en un joven cuidador no era algo planificado, sino el resultado de un acontecimiento inesperado o de una enfermedad. Se observó que los cuidados prestados por los jóvenes cuidadores interferían en su vida académica, social y familiar, generando sobrecarga física y emocional. Conclusiones: la forma en que los jóvenes cuidadores atribuyen significado al cuidado de un familiar dependiente es amplia y está impregnada de sentimientos ambiguos, ya que al mismo tiempo que se sienten abrumados y avergonzados por desempeñar este rol y exponerlo a otras personas, manifiestan haber madurado y aumentado sus habilidades técnicas, emocionales y sociales.

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Gabrieli Patricio Rissi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Graduada em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM). Aluna de Mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem pela UEM. Área de Pesquisa atual - Gestão em Saúde/ Segurança do Paciente. Membro da Rede Brasileira de Enfermagem e Segurança do Paciente (REBRAENSP), núcleo Maringá-PR. Participa do Grupo de Estudos em Saúde da Criança, Adolescente e Família (GESCAF).

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2025-01-07

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Rissi, G. P., Uema, R. T. B., Piran, C. M. G., Fonseca, B. S. D., Shibukawa, B. M. C., & Higarashi, I. H. (2025). Jóvenes cuidadores en Brasil: los retos de la responsabilidad prematura en el hogar. Aquichan, 24(4), e2444. https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2024.24.4.4

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