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Intervenir Auprès du Malade Chronique Hospitalisé et de sa Famille

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1985

Abstract

This article presents the preparation and implementation of a systematic intervention with sixteen families, each of which had a member hospitalized in a long-term care setting. A guide based on the systemic approach was developed. As well as the steps to be followed, the guide offers the operational reference points which are required for intervention at the process level. The content analysis of the various nurse-family-hospitalized member encounters revealed that confusion, revolt and aggressivity of the hospitalized member were behaviors with which the family had difficulty coping. Particularly in a situation where an elderly woman had to face the disorientation and the aphasia of her hospitalized spouse, infantilisation and overprotection were observed. Moreover, such women experienced a high level of loneliness, had great difficulty in reorganizing their activities of daily living and reported important health problems. The main features of the intervention are discussed; among them are the necessity to help individuals to express their perceptions and their feelings in relation to the situation experienced and the importance of acting as a role model in order to help the family and the ill member toward a more functional form of communication.

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Cet article fait part de l'élaboration et de la mise en application d'une intervention systématique faite auprès de seize familles et de leur membre hospitalisé pour une maladie chronique. Les auteurs présentent les principaux concepts systémiques qui ont servi d'assise à l'élaboration de l'intervention ainsi que le guide qui en découle. Suite à la mise en application, l'analyse de contenu des rencontres infirmière-famille-résident a permis de tracer un profil en terme de difficultés et de besoins qui émergent de l'ensemble des situations. Les manifestations de confusion, de révolte, d'agressivité de la part des membres malades constituaient des comportements devant lesquels les familles ne savaient effectivement pas comment réagir. Particulièrement dans les situation oú il s'agissait de conjointe âgée face à un conjoint aphasique ou désorienté, une tendance à le surprotéger et à l'infantiliser fut observé. Les auteurs ont également identifié chez ces femmes une grande solitude, une incapacité de réorganiser leur vie quotidienne et des problèmes de santé importants. Sur le plan de l'intervention, les principales constantes qui se dégagent sont commentées; il y a entre autres, la nécessité d'aider les individus à exprimer leurs perceptions et leurs sentiments reliés à la situation qu'ils vivent et l'importance de servir de modèle pour leur apprendre à communiquer entre eux de façon plus fonctionnelle.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 4Number 1April 1985
Pages: 87 - 102

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Version of record online: 28 Avril 2009

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Denyse Latourelle
Université de Montréal
Louise Lévesque
Université de Montréal

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