Open-access Institutional caregiver experiences in child care

Vivencias del cuidador institucional en la acogida infantil

ABSTRACT

Objective:   to know the experience of institutional caregivers in child care.

Method:   qualitative research that used the Attachment Theory and the Symbolic Interactionism. Fifteen caregivers were interviewed, in 2015, in a child care institution based in a municipality in the south of Brazil. Data were analyzed through content analysis.

Results:   two categories emerged from the study: Embracing the children in the institution; Helping children adapt to institutionalization. Institutionalization imposes several social ills, such as abandonment and violence. These must be faced by caregivers, generating sadness and revolt. In addition, institutionalization leaves a mark on the child’s life, which belongs to no one, nor has his individuality and subjectivity preserved.

Conclusion and Implications for practice:   it is necessary to provide caregivers psychological support and Permanent Education so that they are supported in the work, improving the conditions of care offered to the child.

Keywords:
Child, Institutionalized; Caregivers; Interpersonal Relations; Qualitative Research; Nursing

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