Table 4: Themes of caregivers caring for older adults.

Themes  Sub themes  Categories
1 Meaning of secure attachment 1.1 Providing good care   1) Giving the best care
  2) Love
  3) Caring for older adults
- 1.2 Connection with older adults   1) Attachment to parents
  2) The responsibility of the youngest child
2 Factors affecting the secure attachment of caregivers who care for older adults 2.1Gender: being female affecting secure attachment   1) Females providing better care and understanding of older adults
  2) Females being more delicate
  3) Females being more
- -   females being more
- - inclined to touch
- 2.2 Satisfaction affecting secure attachment   1) Thinking that they are happy
  2) Anticipating the future
- 2.3 Empathy affecting   1) Being afraid of
secure attachment   making older adults feel
-   regret
-   2) Doing good without
-   expecting anything in
-   return
-   3) Being moral
-   caregivers
Themes Sub themes Categories
- - 4) Keeping a sense of
humor
- 2.4 Caregivers’ health status
affecting secure attachment
1) Caregivers staying
healthy