The Experience of Whanau Caring for Members Disabled from the Effects of a Cerebro-Vascular Accident
Andrea Corbett
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand; PhD candidate, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill VIC
Karin Francis
Professor of Rural Nursing,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill VIC, Australia
Ysanne Chapman
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Churchill VIC
PP: 255 - 263
Abstract
The study sought to understand the experience of Maori in accepting responsibility for the care of a whanau member following a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA). The importance and role of whanau, kaumatua and kuia to Maori as a distinctive ethnic entity is well known and acknowledged in coming to an understanding of Maori society.
Whanau has a very large part to play in the care of the family member disabled by CVA. There is extensive literature that deals with these issues, yet there is little that deals with disability issues and in particular those issues that arise following CVA.
A qualitative study was conducted examining the experience of Whanau caring for members disabled from the effects of CVA. Individual and focus group interviews were undertaken with Maori patients and their caregivers to explore this phenomenon. Data were analysed using a thematic analysis approach and highlighted three time stages of concern, namely i) the onset of the event, ii) hospitalisation, and iii) discharge care.
Keywords
Maori, CVA, Indigenous health, caring, Whanau
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