Experiencias de "sobrecarga" de una cuidadora familiar de paciente con trastorno neurológico. Estudio de caso de una mujer en Bogotá

Abstract

For the construction of the practice, one starts from the historical hermeneutic paradigm and the social constructionism, in order to give account of how the caregiver constructs her reality in interaction with others from the experienced overload. The development of this, begins with the elaboration of the sense matrix and the evaluation of judges, from which arises the in-depth interview developed throughout four virtual encounters with the family caregiver, after identification of the overload using the Zarit Caregiver Overload Scale and the Carer Effort Index. This resulted in the systematization of information through the Atlas Ti 9 quantitative analysis software and the subsequent development of emerging categories and families of concepts. It was found through the narratives of the caregiver and the interpretation that the experience of overload is related to the exhaustion derived from a negative conception of care by the lack of knowledge, tools and time, but more so to the lack of family and institutional support.