Abstract
The purpose of this research was to pay attention to improper care of caregivers with co-dependency and to examine their characteristic and the nursing intervention to them. We interviewed two visiting nurses about the problem situation, the nursing intervention and the caregiver's reaction in a case. The results were as follows ; 1. There were some features among caregivers who conducted improper care ; 1) It is difficult to build the mutual trust during the visit nursing. 2) They considered their caretaker's desire to be the same to theirs and neglected their caretaker's decision-making and wanted to control nursing experts. 3) If they could not do so, they often made a strong opposition to nursing experts. 4) They had the gap between the past "Mother image" and the present one. 5) When they felt more tired, they temporarily tried to seek outer support facilities. 2. Careful points were suggested in nursing intervention to improper caregivers ; 1) to consider family dynamics 2) to talk about the gap between the past "Mother image" and the present one. 3) According to caretakers' condition, to temporarily let caretakers go to care facilities 4) to coordinate between care experts.
