2024年第18讲总第831讲
题目：The caregiving experience of unpaid carers of people with schizophrenia: A mixed methods research（思觉失调患者的家庭照顾者的照顾经验：混合研究方法）
地点：嘉定校区1-103教室
时间：2024年5月7日8:00
主讲人：Yu-Ching is an ESRC-funded PhD student in Social Work at the University of Bath. His PhD research is entitled "The Caregiving Experience of Unpaid Carers of a Person Living with Schizophrenia in Taiwan." Yu-Ching's broader research interests include caregiver burden, mental health, long-term care, ageing, and mixed methods research. He qualified as a social worker in 2015 and has worked in various community settings within the social care and research sectors. This experience encompasses work with carer support teams, elderly community centres, and academic collaboration teams. His PhD research aims to explore the caregiving experience of individuals who care for a family member with schizophrenia. A sequential explanatory mixed-method study, combining quantitative and qualitative research methods, was employed in the project. The study examines the correlation between caregiver burden, family functioning, social and professional support through quantitative methods. Additionally, in-depth interviews will be used to explore carers' attitudes towards long-term care services and their perceptions of whether support services help them meet their caregiving responsibilities effectively.
刘昱庆是巴斯大学经济与社会研究委员会 (Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC) 资助的社会工作博士生。他的博士研究题目为「台湾思觉失调患者家庭照顾者的照顾经验」。刘昱庆的研究领域与兴趣包括照顾者负荷、心理健康、长期照顾、老化和混合研究方法。他于2015年获得社会工作者师资格，并曾在社会照顾和研究领域的小区组织中工作，包含照顾者支持团队、老年小区照顾据点和学术团队的合作。 刘昱庆的博士研究旨在探讨照顾患有思觉失调症的家庭成员的个人的照顾者经验。此研究采用了定量和定性研究方法相结合的序贯解释性混合方法研究。研究透过量化方法检视了照顾者负担、家庭功能、社会和专业支持之间的相关性。此外，深度访谈将用于探讨照顾者对台湾「长期照顾服务十年计划2.0」的态度以及他们对支持服务是否有助于他们有效履行照顾需求的看法。
主要内容：
Since de-institutionalisation policies were introduced in Taiwan in the 1980s, unpaid carers have taken on more responsibilities for caring for people with schizophrenia (PWS), leading to significant carer burden. The Long-Term Care (LTC) project was launched in 2007 in Taiwan to provide publicly funded care services, aiming to meet the needs of LTC and reduce the burden on carers. However, support for PWS was not included in the project until 2017. This research aims to understand the extent to which current LTC services assist carers in caring for PWS. The speaker will discuss the quantitative research findings that uncover the predictors of carer burden and examine the correlation between carer burden, family functioning, feelings of reward, and resilience among 132 carers of people with schizophrenia. Then, to share the qualitative research findings, which focus on the caregiving experience of caring for a relative with schizophrenia and understanding their perspectives on current LTC services in relation to reducing carer burden.
自1980年代台湾实行去机构化政策以来，家庭照顾者逐渐承担照顾思觉失调症患者的责任，导致照顾者负担沉重。台湾于2007年启动长期照顾十年计划（2007-2016），提供公共资助的照顾服务，旨在满足长期照顾的需求并减轻照顾者的负担。然而，直到2017年，该计划才纳入对精神疾病患者的支持。首先，主讲人将讨论定量研究结果，这些研究结果揭示了照顾者负担的预测因素，并检查了132名思觉失调患者的照顾者的照顾者负担、家庭功能、照顾之正向感受和韧性之间的相关性。其次，将分享定性研究结果，重点是照顾患有思觉失调症的亲属的照顾经验，并了解他们对当前长期照顾服务在减轻照顾者负担方面的看法。
