Programa interdisciplinario para la disminución del agotamiento del cuidador “Cuidador 10” – Fundación Cardioinfantil- Bogotá

Abstract

The designed program is a contribution to the processes of mental illness prevention and decreased emotional burden affecting the mothers and caregivers of children hospitalized in the pediatric hospitalization service children's Cardio Foundation (FCI) in the city of Bogota. The experience was supported by the and its purpose is to position the activities of the program within family support and quality improvement measures warmth of care in the hospital environment. Its fundamental objective is to reduce depletion affecting caregivers of children with cardiovascular problems, who for their pathology have long hospital bodies and require care from the family member permanently. After an analysis of needs and an array of weaknesses, opportunities, strengths and threats, the methodology of the logical framework is proposed by a programme for maintaining the mental health of caregivers based on art therapy and play. This programme seeks to intervene from public health as an idea of the general well-being the situation of exhaustion of caregivers, from the moment of playful and sharing with the minors.