Abstract
Family caretakers' satisfaction for taking care of patients may promote care continuation in home care setting. The purpose of this study is to clarify that 1) from whom, 2) how much degree of, and 3) what kind of situation, make family caretakers satisfied when they engage daily patient care in home.
Semi-structured interviews for 28 family caretakers were conducted. 26 of 27 respondents reported that they had experienced being satisfied by professional caregivers, with the degrees of “were big”, and “was very big.” 24 of 28 family caretakers had experienced being satisfied by patients who were being taken care of by them. 21 out of 27 family caretakers experienced that their relatives living with them had made them satisfied. It became clear that home visiting nurses as professional caregivers must play important role for making family caretakers satisfied with their function. Due to lack of family caretakers' self-recognition of being satisfied by taking care of patients in home, promotion for family caretakers getting aware of their value and meaning of “care-taking” must be key issue.
