Condiciones psicosociales de los cuidadores familiares de los adultos mayores que se encuentran en el Hogar de Ancianos de la ciudad de Latacunga, con el fin de proponer estrategias de intervención gerontológicas.

Abstract

This research aims to know the psychosocial factors that affect family caregivers of the elderly who attend the Nursing Home of the city of Latacunga, for periods of time, explore the reality they face when they take responsibility for caring and protecting to an older adult and propose gerontological intervention alternatives. The study used a mixed approach of descriptive level and information gathering techniques, such as observation, depth interview, documented research and the adapted Zarit scale, with a sample of 5 family caregivers of the elderly. This research reveals that caregivers suffer in lesser or greater proportion symptoms of overload in different psychosocial factors, which affects their quality of life and that of the elderly in their care. With this research, we hope that the family caregiver will be trained and know more about resilience and care strategies for the elderly and that the State will assume and include public policies where the family caregiver accesses benefits for the integral development of the caregiver and the elderly.