Overburdening caregivers of people with disabilities - Katherine Rivadeneira - Bog

The population needs social networks as a support to face life. From this point arises the caregiver who is in charge of satisfying both their basic needs and daily activities, as well as those of a person with a disability or dependency. In most cases these are known as informal caregivers as they are people without specialization in such care, usually the closest family member. The family members in charge of providing care and attention to people with disabilities play a fundamental role in the well-being and improvement of their quality of life, for this reason it is of vital importance to keep in mind the dependency system between the person with disabilities and the caregiver, this means that if the caregiver is in a good physical, psychological and social state, he/she can provide quality attention and care to the family member with disabilities, for this reason it is essential to attend first to the needs of the caregiver so that he/she can meet the needs of the person being cared for.