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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="identifier" qualifier="citation">Matambela, Konanani Constance (2019)  Challenges of Families with Relatives Living with Mental Illness: A case of Thulamela Municipality, Vhembe District in Limpopo Province, University of Venda, South Africa.&amp;lt;http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1328&amp;gt;.</dim:field>
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AB  - The aim of the study was to investigate the challenges faced by families living with&#xd;
mentally ill relatives in Thulamela municipality in the Vhembe district, Limpopo province.&#xd;
The objectives of the study were to investigate the impact that caring for a mentally ill&#xd;
person had on the family members; to explore the strategies adopted by families to&#xd;
enable them to cope better with the challenges they faced when caring for their mentally&#xd;
ill relatives; and to understand the support services that were provided to families by&#xd;
health care professionals to enable them to cope with such challenges. A Nonprobability&#xd;
sampling, in particular its subtype convenience samplings was used to select&#xd;
five families who participated in the study. A semi-structured interview schedule was&#xd;
used to collect data from the main care givers and a focus group discussion took place&#xd;
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selected to participate in the study were all family members who were involved in the&#xd;
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the Vhembe district within the Limpopo province, highlighted that taking care of a family&#xd;
members with mental illness comes with a number of challenges. The impact was&#xd;
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status. The impact was experienced emotionally, physically, socially and financially. All&#xd;
participants also reported to be experiencing burnout. They prefer their loved ones to&#xd;
remain living in mental institution as it gives them a chance to live normal lives.&#xd;
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   <dim:field mdschema="dc" element="description" qualifier="abstract" lang="en_US">The aim of the study was to investigate the challenges faced by families living with&#xd;
mentally ill relatives in Thulamela municipality in the Vhembe district, Limpopo province.&#xd;
The objectives of the study were to investigate the impact that caring for a mentally ill&#xd;
person had on the family members; to explore the strategies adopted by families to&#xd;
enable them to cope better with the challenges they faced when caring for their mentally&#xd;
ill relatives; and to understand the support services that were provided to families by&#xd;
health care professionals to enable them to cope with such challenges. A Nonprobability&#xd;
sampling, in particular its subtype convenience samplings was used to select&#xd;
five families who participated in the study. A semi-structured interview schedule was&#xd;
used to collect data from the main care givers and a focus group discussion took place&#xd;
to gather more in-depth information from at least three members of each family. Those&#xd;
selected to participate in the study were all family members who were involved in the&#xd;
care giving responsibility. All participants were caring for mentally ill relatives diagnosed&#xd;
with schizophrenia, substance induced psychosis or bipolar affective. The care recipient&#xd;
had to be admitted at Hayani psychiatry hospital. Data extracted from the participants&#xd;
was analysed thematically following the six stages of thematic data analysis.The&#xd;
research findings obtained from family caregivers from Thulamela municipality found in&#xd;
the Vhembe district within the Limpopo province, highlighted that taking care of a family&#xd;
members with mental illness comes with a number of challenges. The impact was&#xd;
experienced by all members of the family irrespective of the age, social or financial&#xd;
status. The impact was experienced emotionally, physically, socially and financially. All&#xd;
participants also reported to be experiencing burnout. They prefer their loved ones to&#xd;
remain living in mental institution as it gives them a chance to live normal lives.</dim:field>
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