Chronic Illness Vs Caregiver

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Discuss the psychological and social issues that are present and will possibly be more pronounced at this stressful time. How has the fact that this illness has been ongoing (chronic) impacted the family?

5.Discuss the psychological and social issues that are present and will possibly be more pronounced at this stressful time. How has the fact that this illness has been ongoing (chronic) impacted the family?

The purpose of this paper is to incorporate one family's experience of living with multiple chronic illnesses into the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) and Rolland's Chronic Health Challenge Framework. CFAM was developed by Dr. Lorraine M. Wright, a professor Emeritus of nursing and by Dr. Maureen Leahey, a manager of a mental health outpatient program both have over 25 years experience while still managing to supervise, teach, consult, write, and maintain a part-time clinical practice in individual, couple, and family therapy (Moxie, 2007). CFAM allows nurses to assess families during interviews. CFAM is a multidimensional framework consisting of three major categories: structural, dimensional and functional. (Wright & Leahey, 2005)

husbands only thought of their wives by their illnesses, not as a person having one. This caused a great

Chronic illness sucks. Many families in Canada and around the world live with a person who has one or more chronic condition. Chrionic conditions can range from heart disease, injury, cancer, and mental illness. Chronic conditions are “impairments in function, development, or disease states that are irreversible . Chronic illness Over the course of three interviews This paper will explore the effects of chronicity on families living with chronic condiditons through research and recounting of interviews .

Dying due to an incurable illness can be devastating With responsibility of caretaking falling chiefly on the patient’s family. While dealing with the normal every day activities that families encounter, becoming a primary caregiver to the terminally ill is an emotional as well as financial burden. The ill person usually lives in the house of a family member, which forces the family to witness the person dying every day. Having to watch a person suffer in your own home is depressing to even the strongest of people and knowing there is nothing that can be done to stop their pain makes things that much worse. Studies have shown that people who receive a terminal illness diagnosis become depressed and develop anxiety. Because of the mood disorders that can

The article “Spouses Needs for Professional Support: The Spouses’ Perspective on Communication” was a qualitative study. Since this was a qualitative study, there was not a hypothesis. There was no hypothesis for this study because a qualitative study does not contain any variables. The purpose of this study was “to investigate spouses’ experiences with their partners’ hospitalization and the spouses’ relationship with nurses and physicians” (Laursen, J., Danielson, A. K., & Rosenberg, J., 2015, p. 326). The authors of this study also investigated “spouses’ needs for well-planned communication and the importance of a professional relationship with health professional” (Laursen et. al, 2015, p. 326).

Attention and energy focus on the family member who is ill or addicted. The co-dependent person typically sacrifices his or her needs to take care of a person who is sick. When co-dependents place other people’s health, welfare and safety before their own, they can lose contact with their own needs, desires, and sense of self.

Personally I think sickness can indeed effect a families well being and impact them whether its negative or positive. However I also believe that at odd times it can start tearing familes apart, but in the end it can make them closer then ever. A good example of this is the film My sister's keeper, this is seen when Kate's leukemia becomes worse, and then she passes away. Whilst in the last scene of the film it shows the family having a holiday every year in memory of Kate. This serves as a place so that the family becomes closer and stronger, while still remembering their whole family.

There are many factors to consider when the nurse interacts with a family managing a chronic illness. The nurse must consider the structure of the family and how they interact while also identifying how the family and individual with the chronic condition, manage their condition. They must identify any risk factors that may impede their ability to manage their chronic condition or protective factors that improve their abilities to self manage. An analysis of the developmental stage the family or individual along with the stage of illness they are experiencing is necessary to successfully build relationships and help guide the family through chronic illness management. Commendation of the family’s efforts and abilities to manage difficult situations revolving around illness may enhance the family’s confidence and improve self management (Wright and Leahey, 2013). These components will be explored and discussed regarding the family structure of two sisters, R.C. and J.A. R.C. has Marfan syndrome and J.A. is an active participant in helping her sister manage her condition. This family structure will be discussed in relationship to their family management style, their individual and family risk factors, and their management of R.C.’s chronic condition. Contextual components will include the lifestyle stage as defined by Wright and Leahey (2013), and the phase of chronic illness and its developmental challenges as outline by Rolland (2005). This information was collected during

Provided the demographic changes affecting America, it is increasingly important to identify the key factors in healthy aging and longevity. The prohibitive cost of health care for chronically ill individuals makes it important to pursue all avenues of study related to health in an aging population. Genetics is thought to comprise ~30% of the multi-faceted factors associated with longevity. It is important to summarize the current information available on the molecular basis of longevity to provide the foundation for future therapies. Two of the most highly associated genes with longevity across populations are APOE and FOXO3A. Additionally, signaling cascades associated with inflammation, immunity, nitrous oxide, and DNA

In some instances, that decision may be obvious, but in other instances such as a widow who has 5 children, this decision care be tough. The relationship between the patient and family member before the disease is very important when deciding who will be the primary caregiver. It is more beneficial for a patient to have a caregiver that they were close with and exhibited a healthy relationship with to be their caregiver. A daughter who hasn’t been around for 10 years due to a difficult relationship may not be the best person to take care of her mother, because the relationship probably won’t automatically be healthy (Graneheim, 2014).

The general health of a family and its individual members can be difficult to maintain. When one or more family members fall ill, it can have a great impact on the rest of the family. Furthermore, there are many other factors that can contribute to the level of health of the family members. For the healthcare professionals working with these families, it is vital that the illness is not the only thing addressed. That is to say, it is important to consider other factors in the client’s life may contribute to failing health and quality of life. Social determinants of health are conditions that greatly influence the level of health but are usually independent of the medical illness itself (Kozier et al., 2014). The Allen family cope with a number

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