The Attitude of Family Caregivers of Dependent Older Adults Related to Care and its Relationship with Education

Aim: This study was aimed to determine the demography of family caregiver of dependent older adults and their attitude related to care and relationship between attitude and short time education. Material and Method: The study carried out as quasi-experimental design. Forty-eight family caregivers of dependent older adults were included from a randomly selected health center area in Karaman city center. The family caregiving questionnaire was applied by interviewing. The family caregivers were educated by co-researcher about care of elderly. The questionnaire was applied again after eight weeks of education. Results: The mean age of the family caregivers was 49±16, 71% of them were married and 35% were uneducated. Almost all of them were women and were not working elsewhere. In 26 items the average of positive attitude score of the family caregivers was 59±27 on 100 points. The attitude scores was not significantly different according to demographic features. The scores were higher in post-training compared to pre-training. Conclusion: It is concluded that education of family caregivers by public health nurses positively affect the quality of care of dependent older adults.