Özet:

This study focuses on the relationship of elderly individuals who receive home care in Türkiye with their caregivers. While focusing on the relationship between the elderly individual and the caregiver, it is aimed to reveal the experiences of the elderly individual and the caregiver. In the study, the interactions of the elderly individual and the caregiver were examined in terms of the "ecosystem approach". In the study, in which the qualitative research design was chosen, data were collected during the six-month home visits of thirty families using semi-structured in-depth interview techniques. The care interaction between the elderly person and the caregiver was examined in the categories of "health problems", "loss and mourning", "economic inadequacies" and "loss of social environment". As a result, it is seen that there is an economic-based shopping process between care recipients and caregivers over the care pension. In this process, it is the woman who assumes the role of care in the family. In addition, it is seen that the active role of the elderly in the household, which can be considered as one of the traces of the transition from the traditional structure to the modern structure, has disappeared in Oltu.

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