FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AS A FACTOR INFLUENCING THE BURDEN OF THE CAREGIVER ON A CANCER PATIENT

Background: The aim of the article is to submit, how family relationships affect the burden of a caregiver caring on his relative in the terminal stage of cancer. Our presentation is based on the conclusions of a qualitative research carried out with 14 respondents between 2018 and 2020 in the Hospice of St. Lucas in Ostrava - Vyskovice (Czech Republic). Results of this research were processed into the chart of the paradigmatic model of Grounded theory, where in the set of intervening conditions the issue of family relations came to the fore most clearly. Conclusion: In the presented text we try to describe the subcategory, Family" and point out its connection to the central category,Caregiver burden", point out the importance of marital / partnership relations and intergenerational belonging, but knowing that relationships can be both a source and a limit in crisis situation care for a terminally ill loved one.