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Potřeba krizové intervence u neformálně pečujících
Crisis intervention for informal caregivers

Author(s): Anna Hašplová
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Crisis; informal support in crisis; self-help; formal support in crisis; crisis intervention; informal caregiver; crisis of informal caregivers;

Summary/Abstract: The main topic of this article is crisis intervention for people taking care of their close ones (informal caregivers). It focuses on informal caregivers, crisis, help during a crisis and crisis intervention. Research contains an analysis and evaluation of questionnaires filled in by informal caregivers from the Czech Republic. The aim of this article is to point out the need to help informal caregivers in crisis situations that often accompany caregiving. In the research, my goal was to investigate the necessity of crisis intervention and the means that caregivers use in the crisis, be it formal or informal support from loved ones, as well as self-help in crisis.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 91-105
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Czech