2004 Volume 8 Issue 1-2 Pages 50-57
In this study, I researched into the nature of the difficulties with which family care workers usually are confront in the process of acquiring care work, in order to clarify the working situation of family care workers. The objects are family care workers engaging in medical treatments for serious patients after leaving hospital, and I conducted the study by a quality study method.
Delete in the result of this study, I found that the family care workers usually experience three stages within 3 or 4 months from the start to do home care: “being surprised and puzzled”, “trying the best treatment”, and “getting used to the smooth treatment”. Delete and I also found that there is some relationship between the difficulties and the guidance which family care workers receive from hospital staffs, on their patient’s leaving hospital.
Through this study, I suggest it is necessary for family care workers to strengthen the support at the time of the patient’s leaving the hospital and just after starting delete the family care.
