Mangini Bocchi, Silvia Cristina [UNESP]Angel, Margareth2014-05-202014-05-202008-01-01Revista Latino-americana de Enfermagem. Piracicaba: Univ Sao Paolo, v. 16, n. 1, p. 15-23, 2008.0104-1169http://hdl.handle.net/11449/11971This is a qualitative study which uses Grounded Theory as its methodological framework and Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical base to understand the experience of family caregivers for Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) patients with regard to social support during their rehabilitation process at home. The components (themes and categories) of the phenomenon assuming home care and specifically the themes assuming care with support and assuming care without support were inter-related for the purpose of comparison and analysis, in order to apprehend how the interaction between them occurred, It was observed that, in addition to the recovery of the patient's autonomy, social support is one of the intervenient components in the quality of life for the family caregiver-disabled person binomial, particularly with respect to the caregiver's freedom to resume his/her life plan.15-23engsocial supportcerebrovascular accidentpatientsfamilyrehabilitationBetween freedom and reclusion: Social support as a quality-of-life component in the family caregiver-dependent person binomialEntre la libertad y la reclusión: el apoyo social como un componente de la calidad de vida del binomio cuidador familiar y persona dependienteEntre a liberdade e a reclusão: o apoio social como componente da qualidade de vida do binômio cuidador familiar-pessoa dependenteArtigoS0104-11692008000100003WOS:000254163400003Acesso abertoS0104-11692008000100003.pdf