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Facts about Caregiving, yay.
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*over 50 mil ppl provide family caregiving
*men make up 44% of caregivers *avg length of time=8yrs, approx 1/3rd for 10 yrs or more *most women will spend 17 yrs caring for kids and 18yrs helping elderly parent *value of "free" care provided by family is estimated $257bil/yr, 2x the amount spent on homehealth *caregiving families tend to have lower incomes |
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more Caregiving facts, wooo.
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*stress of family caregiving 4 dementia impacts caregivers immune system for up to 3 yrs after pt dies--increasing their chance of becoming chronically ill
*if providing over 36h/wk of care, likely to have depression/anxiety *42% of parents c special needs kids lack basic workplace support (paid sick leave, etc) *women avg. 11.5yrs out of paid labor force dt caregiving; men avg 1.3yrs, go figure. |
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Annnnd MORE caregiving facts. Almost done Kelsey!
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*both male and female make changes at work to accomodate caring for their parents.
*over 40% of fam. caregivers provide some type of nursing care for fam *1/3rd of fam caregivers who change dressings/manage machines rcv no instructions |
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Benefits of caring for someone in the home environment
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more nurturing, incr comfort, can be less expensive.
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Negatives of caring for someone in home
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balance, caring for self, constant heightened awareness, physical barriers such as with wheel chair.
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physical and emotional concerns of the caregivers
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sleep, increased awareness, physical aspects of care, meds, drsg changes, stress, burnout, depression, anger, grief, resnetment, lose sense of self, with AIDS, loss of incontinence often sometin caregivers can't handle...loss of dignity
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Care providers
vs Care managers |
care providers focus on phys.care, meds, drsg changes, turning, bathing-mostly done by women.
Care managers deal more c transportation, finances, situations...mostly men. |
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Who are caregivers?
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unaffected spouse- 21% are over 75yo.
children- usually daughter or daughter in law...oftentimes caring for mother since women often outlive men Other family members-siblings, grandkids, aunts, uncles -Formal caregivers |
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Diff. btwn STRAIN and BURDEN
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Strain: extent to which the caregiving role is judged to infringe upon someone
Burden: relative to the level of care and the extent of care. -anger, loss of self, isolation, abuse |
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s/s of stress/burnout
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fatigue, feelin rundown, tension HA, GI, wt changes, insomnia, SOB, viral infxn, muscle tension, decr libido, blunting affect, depressed, angry, suspicious, helpless, inadeuate, guilt, isolation
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resources for caregivers
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adult day care/foster care
chore svcs companions meals on wheels home health aid svcs respite care-informal and formal transportation svcs |
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taking care of caregivers
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physical health
emotional and mental hlth spiritual hlth financial hlth |
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DONE!
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booyah!
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