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Résumé Durant la période du vieillissement, le travail psychique impose de nombreux remaniements et ce en un temps où les modalités de compensation ou de réaménagement ne seraient plus aussi opérantes que par le passé. Sur ce parcours, les conduites d'alcoolisation peuvent s'insérer et bouleverser les fonctionnements familiaux et conjugaux. Dans le fonctionnement conjugal alcoolique, la codépendance du couple induit des relations et comportements spécifiques des deux partenaires.

Satisfaction and difficulties of French professional home caregivers in supporting older people with Alzheimer's disease or alcohol misuse.

In France, few studies have examined home care when it comes to ageing support and even fewer have considered alcohol misuse in this context. The studies also show that being old and having alcohol use disorders are two unfavourable conditions for receiving help, whereas for the Alzheimer's disease, there is a clear need for optimal care. In this article, we study professional home caregiver's perceptions of their job along with their difficulties and satisfactions in supporting older people with Alzheimer's disease or alcohol misuse.

[Old age and smoking].

Elderly people today have seen a radical change in the image of smokers over the last half century. While once it was approved, it is now demonised. Although smoking declines with age, there are still many elderly smokers.

[Elderly women and alcohol].

It is important to understand the reasons for alcohol abuse in elderly people and in particular women. Psychological suffering must be envisaged. This behaviour can be considered as a necessary narcissistic retreat when ageing.

Caregivers' representations of elders who drink too much alcohol: crossroads between professional home caregivers and hospitals nurses.

Being old or having alcohol use disorders are two unfavorable conditions for receiving help or optimal care. When these two conditions are associated, professionals are even less attracted to work with old alcoholics. To address this issue, from the professionnals perspective, two studies based on research interviews were crossed, one was conducted with 17 professional home caregivers and the other with 29 hospital nurses.

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In France, few studies have investigated the experience of home caregivers with elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease or alcoholic behavior. The aim of this study was to describe caregivers' understanding of these disorders to identify their difficulties and satisfactions in relation to their role. Seventeen social care workers were interviewed and the content was analysed using a general inductive approach.

[Psychological effects of alcohol misuse on the professional home caregivers in support with elderly people].

Very little research is made on professional home caregivers in support of seniors, especially those dealing with alcohol misuse. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between professional home caregivers and seniors with alcohol misuse, in terms of job satisfaction, professional life and emotional exhaustion. 99 professional home caregivers completed a professional data questionnaire (ESVP) and an inventory of professional burnout (MBI).

[Home aides and families faced with alcoholic behavior in elderly people].

Alcoholic behaviour in elderly people living at home leads to the establishment of a singular relationship between the family and the home helpers. The professionals have a special role within the family system but one which at the same time is, paradoxically, limited. The intervention of a third party, in the framework of an alcoholism support network, can help to avoid the breakdown of the care within the home as a result of the mental exhaustion of the various players, as well as the occurrence of conflicts within the family circle in the home.

[Alcohol in care homes for the elderly].

The majority of those living in care homes for the elderly are very old, with multiple pathologies and taking multiple forms of medication. They are therefore more fragile and vulnerable in the face of alcohol, both with occasional consumption or with addictive behaviour. Far from anecdotal, these situations arise almost on a daily basis for the frontline caregivers.

[Systemic reading, another way of thinking to apprehend situations of elderly abuse].

In 2007, a national call number was created to receive reports of ill-treatment for aged or handicapped subjects, and departmental platforms of phone-tapping were organized. Professionals of listening receive the calls for assistance or confidences of distresses related to ill treatments. They should initiate a relationship and assess the danger of the condition, therefore, in a systemic paradigm, performing a double task.

[Assessment and clinical aspects of community professional care of elderly with alcohol misuse].

For elderly living in the community, alcohol misuse is not uncommon. Experience of professionals of social care services to face alcoholism misuse has rarely been assessed. The work of these professionals is to allow aged people to stay at home in spite of impaired physical and/or mental age-related abilities.