Özet:

The care and protection of individuals in need of care is usually carried out by other members of the family. In countries where the social state understanding is strong, psycho-social and economic support is provided to both care-need individuals and care providers, while the responsibility for care affects the life satisfaction of care providers negatively. In the process of informal care, the care work is usually carried out by women. When the burden of care is added to other responsibilities within the house, the satisfaction that the female care providers receive from life is reduced and the quality of life is negatively affected. In this context, we are faced as a subject to the care burden and life satisfaction of women who take care of a family member with severe disabilities. The purpose of this research is to guide the care providers on the methods of dealing with the care burden by identifying the impact of care burden on life satisfaction. The sample of the study consists of 208 nurses who pay for home care services and voluntarily participate in this study, taking care of severe disabled people. The research data was collected through the personal information form prepared by the researcher for the purpose of learning sociodemographic information through three questions forms, including the Care Weight Scale and, finally, the Adult Life Qualification Scale. The study found that there is a negative, meaningful relationship between the burden of care and life satisfaction, and that the burden of care that believes it relieves with the thought of gaining spiritual/God’s satisfaction feels fewer the burden of care, but they get more satisfaction than life, the spiritual/religious beliefs against the burden of care, family, friends, neighbor’s support and the happiness/motivation of those who have a higher life satisfaction.

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