Caregiver

caring for someone with the disease. One person caring for a patient can be very difficult and to choose the alternative option of a professional caregiver may be the best choice. Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease can be devastating and stressful. A caregiver is the one who is supposed to manage and monitor a person with Alzheimer’s disease. A caregiver will devote a substantial amount of time caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease (Grossberg, 2002). Having around the clock care…

the younger and older members of their families.” (Berger, 2013 pg. 485) However, being sandwich or squeezed can imply that the middle age generation is under pressure or burden by being caregivers of both children and other elderly family members. In the same token, caregiving can be beneficial for the caregiver, the children and…

mother-in-law Magda, (81). Helen’s Greek Orthodox culture is very influential in the promotion of family; thus, Helen is the primary caregiver for her family. Moreover, Helen cooks, cleans, and does the laundry for her household; however, caregiving for Magda will be the social issue addressed. To summarize, the widowed 81-year-old…

elderly are getting closer to the end of their lives, many are starting to decline. Meaning that the elderly can become less verbal, making it harder for them to communicate and carry a conversation. Therefore, does this make it harder on the caregiver to provide the proper care? For an example, as the nurse taking care of an elderly patient that has stage 3 Alzheimer’s disease and can no longer make out words. Does that nurse provide the best care as they can or does he or she do whatever…

separation from his mother would affect the child’s interpersonal relationship later in life and led him to formulate the attachment theory. He believed that the attachment of the infant to a person, caregiver, who is usually the mom is developed because of an evolutionary pressure, since the caregiver tend to provide security and safety to the child and hence enhances his chance of survival. Bowlby, proposed four phases of attachment. The first one is the pre-attachment…

PCIT with high-risk child welfare populations has shown improvements in interaction patterns and in skill development. It has been found to decrease externalizing behavior in children and reduce stress and improve parenting skills in parents and caregivers (McNeil et al.,…

a reoccurring event in one’s life and until it is treated can affect attachment. Immigration affects trauma if the primary caregiver immigration status cause them to be deported. An infant or toddler will not only experience the trauma of losing their primary caregiver but have to develop new attachment with the secondary caregiver who will soon become the primary caregiver. Illness which can lead to death also affects attachment, while in the womb the infant bonds or grows an attachment to its…

I believe attachment theory and research is significant, because it helps professionals be more knowledgeable of the client developmental stages. In addition, it helps professionals be aware of different attachment styles between the child and caregiver. Research helps professionals understand how attachment affects the client throughout their life in a positive or negative way. To include helping professionals are able to develop a theory on the events that occurred in the client life, which…

was a study done to observe if adults with muscular dystrophy experience a significant increase of fatigue, pain, and altered moods. Four subjects all diagnosed with Muscular dystrophy and over 20 years old were selected for the study. Informal caregivers went to the subject’s homes and tested data on physical stimulation such as ambulation, ventilation, hand function, and gastrostomy. There were also tests done for things such as relational status, living situation, work, or educational level.…

As a caregiver of young children, we’re also partly responsible for a child’s health and well-being. Although, teachers or caregivers…