Introduction Caregivers are usually patient’s relatives or spouses who are responsible for providing physical, social, economic and emotional support. One of the recurring themes that caregivers face is the care-giving demands that overwhelm them. Beinart and colleagues 2012, describe that caregiver burden can be defined as the caregiver’s perception of the physical, emotional, economic, and social cost of the caregiving relationship. Beinart and colleagues 2012, also describe that caregiver burden increases with greater Alzheimer Dementia severity, and both patient and caregiver characteristics have been found to explain greater caregiver burden, with some differences depending on the caregiver-patient relationship.
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There has not been a clear causation of Alzheimer’s risk factors for Alzheimer disease include family history, a specific gene, and advanced age (Glass, 2015).
Definition of Caregiver Burden Model
The caregiver’s perception of the physical, emotional, economic, and social cost of the caregiving relationship (Hayslip and colleagues 2008).
Definition of Coping
Constant cognitive and behavioral responses which individuals use to manage or tolerate a stressful situation and it therefore includes all the cognitive and behavioral measures adopted by an individual in response to specific internal and/or external demands that are deemed to exceed his or her normal resources (García-Alberca et. Al …show more content…
When people think of the demented they feel pity for them but forget about their loved ones who care for them. Attention should be focused, in particular, on the detrimental effects that the caring for AD subjects has on the caregiver (Ferrara, Maria, et al 2008). Battling with the effects of Alzheimer Dementia can be a lonely and tough journey, the person has to completely change their life to help their loved one. Most people who care for the patient are adult-child and spouses. In some studies, adult children experienced the highest level of burden (Hayslip and colleagues 2008). In Reed and Colleagues 2014 study, results exhibited that adult-child caregivers who live with the patient 26.2% of the adult-child caregiver had a higher burden than those who do not live with the patient. In Kim and Colleagues study in 20011, found that spouses had a higher burden. Whereas some other studies like Ankri and colleges in 2005 reported no significant differences in burden between adult-child and spouse’s caregiver
Definition …show more content…
There has not been a clear causation of Alzheimer’s risk factors for Alzheimer disease include family history, a specific gene, and advanced age (Glass, 2015).
Definition of Caregiver Burden Model
The caregiver’s perception of the physical, emotional, economic, and social cost of the caregiving relationship (Hayslip and colleagues 2008).
Definition of Coping
Constant cognitive and behavioral responses which individuals use to manage or tolerate a stressful situation and it therefore includes all the cognitive and behavioral measures adopted by an individual in response to specific internal and/or external demands that are deemed to exceed his or her normal resources (García-Alberca et. Al …show more content…
When people think of the demented they feel pity for them but forget about their loved ones who care for them. Attention should be focused, in particular, on the detrimental effects that the caring for AD subjects has on the caregiver (Ferrara, Maria, et al 2008). Battling with the effects of Alzheimer Dementia can be a lonely and tough journey, the person has to completely change their life to help their loved one. Most people who care for the patient are adult-child and spouses. In some studies, adult children experienced the highest level of burden (Hayslip and colleagues 2008). In Reed and Colleagues 2014 study, results exhibited that adult-child caregivers who live with the patient 26.2% of the adult-child caregiver had a higher burden than those who do not live with the patient. In Kim and Colleagues study in 20011, found that spouses had a higher burden. Whereas some other studies like Ankri and colleges in 2005 reported no significant differences in burden between adult-child and spouse’s caregiver