Changes and Challenges of Living Information on Caring Family Resource Management for Family Carers

Abstract

  In an age when everyone experiences caring, there is an increasing demand for caring family resource management that establishes caring as part of one's life and obtains and utilizes information related to care during the caring life that lasts for a certain period of time. The aim of this study is to analyze the content of books on caring published for the general public based on six elements of care-related living information. This study conducted a content analysis of how these six elements were included in thirty-four caring-related books for general family carers published between 1991 and 2021, divided into three periods.

  In the first period, the focus was on information about services related to long-term care and the reality of long-term care. In the second period, the focus was on the structure and procedures of the public long-term care insurance system and the services available, together with an explanation of the long-term care leave system with regard to balancing work and long-term care. In the third period, there was additional information on choosing better facilities for the elderly. Some books also include information on balancing work and caring, maintaining the physical and mental health of family carers, and taking care of one's own life. However, this is featured in just four of the eighteen books. This study has revealed the necessity to provide family carers with information on all six elements in an unbiased manner.