Table 2

Barriers to home care for older adults from the perspectives of informal caregivers, Tehran, Iran

NoCategorySubcategories
1Individual barriersPhysical burden of care
Mental burden of care
Social burden of care
Personal characteristics of the caregiver
2Interpersonal barriersPsychobehavioural characteristics of the older adult
Misbehaving of people around the caregiver
3Care system barriersInefficient institutional/ organisational infrastructure
Moral issues
Public policy inefficiency