Affective Impact on Informal Caregivers over 70 Years of Age: A Qualitative Study.

Given today's rapidly ageing society, family members providing informal care to dependent older adults face ever-increasing challenges. The aim of this study was to describe the affective impact on older adults over 70 years of age caring for a dependent older person at home. A qualitative study was designed from a phenomenological perspective.

[The perspective of caregivers from a gender analysis.].

Objective: Gender influences the provision of family caregiving, identifying inequalities in the distribution of care-related tasks. The aim of this study was to analyze the gender influence in family caregiving, provided by elderly while, identifying the sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers.

Methods: Mixed, descriptive and phenomenological study was made.