Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework
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| Titel: | Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework |
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| Autoren: | Abner Weng Cheong Poon, Lukas Hofstaetter, Sarah Judd-Lam |
| Quelle: | Australian Social Work. 78:43-57 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Informa UK Limited, 2024. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services, 3 Good Health and Well Being, Health Services, anzsrc-for: 1605 Policy and Administration, anzsrc-for: 4407 Policy and Administration, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Mental Illness, Brain Disorders, 4409 Social Work, Mental Health, 7.1 Individual care needs, Clinical Research, Behavioral and Social Science, anzsrc-for: 44 Human Society, Generic health relevance, anzsrc-for: 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 4407 Policy and Administration, anzsrc-for: 4409 Social Work, anzsrc-for: 1607 Social Work, 44 Human Society |
| Beschreibung: | Carers are a crucial support in the recovery of people with mental illness in the community. As they are often severely affected by the impact of mental illness of the person they care for, carers need to recover from the impact alongside the care recipient. While mental health services focus on the recovery of people with mental illness, carers’ recovery is largely neglected. Using the CHIME (Connectedness, Hope and optimism about the future, Identity, Meaning in life and Empowerment) recovery framework, the authors of this study aimed to examine carers’ experiences and what they needed in their own recovery. A mixed methods approach was used to analyse the responses of 1,918 carers who completed the Australian 2020 National Carer Survey. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes regarding carers’ experiences against the elements of CHIME. Quantitative findings regarding subjective wellbeing and perception of support were used to complement the themes. Themes aligned with CHIME but indicated poor recovery. Recognition (R) was found to be an important recovery factor for carers. Without adequately addressing the needs and wellbeing of carers and giving due recognition for their contribution, carers have difficulty progressing in their own recovery. CHIME-R may be appropriate as a recovery framework for carers. IMPLICATIONS Caregiving needs and recovery of Australian mental health carers are largely neglected by mental health services and government departments. Recognition of carers should be taken into consideration as an important factor in carers’ recovery. Mental health and social services need to critically consider how they can promote family recovery, rather than focusing on the personal recovery of service users only. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1447-0748 0312-407X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0312407x.2023.2298925 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND CC BY |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....0fc64cb5dca5ccac426416220d81ca2c |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Carers are a crucial support in the recovery of people with mental illness in the community. As they are often severely affected by the impact of mental illness of the person they care for, carers need to recover from the impact alongside the care recipient. While mental health services focus on the recovery of people with mental illness, carers’ recovery is largely neglected. Using the CHIME (Connectedness, Hope and optimism about the future, Identity, Meaning in life and Empowerment) recovery framework, the authors of this study aimed to examine carers’ experiences and what they needed in their own recovery. A mixed methods approach was used to analyse the responses of 1,918 carers who completed the Australian 2020 National Carer Survey. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes regarding carers’ experiences against the elements of CHIME. Quantitative findings regarding subjective wellbeing and perception of support were used to complement the themes. Themes aligned with CHIME but indicated poor recovery. Recognition (R) was found to be an important recovery factor for carers. Without adequately addressing the needs and wellbeing of carers and giving due recognition for their contribution, carers have difficulty progressing in their own recovery. CHIME-R may be appropriate as a recovery framework for carers. IMPLICATIONS Caregiving needs and recovery of Australian mental health carers are largely neglected by mental health services and government departments. Recognition of carers should be taken into consideration as an important factor in carers’ recovery. Mental health and social services need to critically consider how they can promote family recovery, rather than focusing on the personal recovery of service users only. |
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| ISSN: | 14470748 0312407X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0312407x.2023.2298925 |