Katelyn Hefflinger Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Health maintenance during pregnancy, Adolescent gynecology, Gynecology
College of Nursing, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Dr. Katelyn Hefflinger is currently working in College of Nursing, University of Toledo, 3000 Arlington Avenue, Toledo, Ohio, USA. Research Interest - Health maintenance during pregnancy, Adolescent gynecology, Gynecology. She is good at the field of nursing.
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Author(s): Victoria Steiner, Lisa S. Sommer, Cheryl Gies, Katelyn Hefflinger, Carrie Skrzyniecki and Linda L. Pierce
Seventy-three caregivers of stroke survivors were interviewed about challenges/problems they experienced in the first year of caring. For this secondary data analysis, only the problems of the adult daughters (n=13) were examined for two time periods (months 0-6 and 7-12) using Colaizzi’s method of content analysis and drawn to Friedemann’s framework of systemic organization. Three themes emerged: 1) witnessing a parent’s condition (in Friedemann’s terms system maintenance; consistent throughout the year), 2) balancing the challenges of the caregiver role (system maintenance/ individuation; more evident in months 7-12), and 3) feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally drained (system maintenance; more visible in months 0-6). Findi... view moreĀ»