{"id":5171,"date":"2025-06-19T23:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T23:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/who-cares-for-the-family-caregivers-of-the-elderly-during-covid-19-in-low-middle-income-countries-a-commentary\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:18:29","slug":"who-cares-for-the-family-caregivers-of-the-elderly-during-covid-19-in-low-middle-income-countries-a-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/who-cares-for-the-family-caregivers-of-the-elderly-during-covid-19-in-low-middle-income-countries-a-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Cares for the Family Caregivers of the Elderly during COVID-19 in Low-Middle Income Countries? A Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Who Cares for the Family Caregivers of the Elderly during COVID-19 in Low-Middle Income Countries? A Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/945' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/journals.dut.ac.za\/index.php\/ajims\/article\/view\/945\/794' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>The considerable increase in the intensity and duration of care provided to the elderly by family caregivers warrants a detailed review of the support interventions available to these \u201cinvisible\u201d individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family caregivers had limited access to respite care due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 protocols. This increased their stress and the burden of caregiving. \u00a0This commentary article details the experiences of family caregivers of the elderly and establish the type of support interventions available to them during the pandemic, especially in low-and-middle-income countries. Random search of literature was conducted, and themes identified include: \u201cfear of contagion\u201d, \u201climited resources\u201d, \u201cknowledge deficit\u201d and \u201cgrieving in solitary\u201d. In addition, this article recommends strategies to mitigate the burden and stress experienced by them.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Yemisi Okikiade Oyegbile (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<li>Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya (Durban University of Technology, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>family caregiving, elderly, low-middle income countries, support interventions<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Who Cares for the Family Caregivers of the Elderly during COVID-19 in Low-Middle Income&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1994,1993,1995,1996],"class_list":["post-5171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-elderly","tag-family-caregiving","tag-low-middle-income-countries","tag-support-interventions","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Cares for the Family Caregivers of the Elderly during COVID-19 in Low-Middle Income Countries? 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