Understand The Process Of Being A Caregiver

Months after the patient's death her spouse fell into an intense depression no one found out until later because after her death everyone else's life went on but his. The family did not find out how badly her death affected him until he tried to take his own life, thankfully with an unsuccessful attempt. There could have been so many interventions done along the way during her hospital stay and before her death that could have helped him cope with her death and not resulted in his near death. During her hospital stay the healthcare provider could have followed more of a patient-centered care approach involving the family more by communicating clear information and verbalizing understanding. "Physicians should strive to identify patients and families who require special attention and to determine how their personal style of interrelating with family members

Caregiving is a responsibility best managed with plenty of help. Being a caregiver is very hard and tough work. It is very important that caregivers are taking care of just like their patients. Many caregivers give everything they have and do not rest when they really should take time to breathe and have time for themselves. That is why there are many organizations for caregivers and their patients. These organizations are made for the caregivers to teach them to be the best that they can be at their job and also making sure that their mental state is doing well.

Throughout my life I have been a caregiver for several people. Although it started when I was young with taking care of my

Millions of people are in the role of a part or full time caregiver in the U.S to family members who have a serious illness or disability. This a a very challenging and demanding role that needs to be recognized and appreciated.

A caregiver is anyone who provides care for another person in need, such as a child, an aging parent, a husband or wife, a relative, friend, or neighbor. A caregiver also may be a paid professional who provides care in the home or at a place that is not the person's home (Pinquart, M., & Sorensen, S. 2003).

Carer’s of people with dementia often find themselves adapting to constantly changing situations, and they need to cope with both the practical demands of caring and the emotional impact of the person's dementia. The carer may have to take on more roles and responsibilities. As dementia progresses, there

When one thinks of grandparents, they are usually compared to as being a wiser adult who has had various positive and negative life experiences and throughout it all managed to keep their family together. The family structure has changed and more grandparents are forced into parenting for second generation children. Raising second generation children can be difficult for the grandparents who have been forced into the role of becoming a primary caregiver. Most children have a loving and trusting relationship with their grandparents, but when the roles have been forced to change the environment changes as well. With the mass amount of changes happening to the family structure, it was necessary to assist these secondary grandparents in learning how to promote and advocate in their new roles as secondary parents. With the structural changes faced by African Americans, it was appropriate to use this group because of the barriers and challenges faced and it allows for a replication with other groups. African American women can become dominant in an unfamiliar setting, so limiting the size of the group was justifiable and allowed for more interaction and engagement among participants. Using the family system theory would be necessary because this theory places an emphasis on reciprocal relationships and mutual influences between the individual components (Barker, p. 157).

The caregiver decided to provide care to the older adult because she feels a strong desire to provide him with a good end-of-life. Providing care to her husband hasn't effected her as much as it may effect other people. She has worked with the elderly population for 15 years so when starting care with her husband she was already aware of many things she could do and may need to do. However, the caregiver does feel that some days it can be extremely exhausting. A joy the caregiver feels is the amount her and her husband have grown together and how much more she has learned about his life. She said that something she finds frustrating is when the older adult has an accident right after she gets done changing his clothes. The biggest frustration

Caregivers of individuals with schizophrenia are indispensable in the treatment and care plan of the patients [1]. Caregivers provide support to their relatives/friends with schizophrenia in spite of various difficulties such as physical, mental and financial problems [2]. The caregivers of mentally ill persons are entitled for the assessment of their need in the caregiving process but it is not a common practice [3].

Anyone can become a carer and for numerous reasons, yet adult care is predominantly undertaken by family members during later life. Although some may relish and find this role rewarding, others may not on account of the sacrifices and massive changes which occur in their own life. The pressures attributed to care can overwhelm carers, leaving them physically, emotionally and mentally drained and too ill to continue caring. Consequently, The Care Act 2014 has been introduced to address this issue and give recognition to the valuable service provided by unpaid carers as

According to Hooyman and Kiyak, primary caregivers (i.e., the one family member who assumes most of the responsibility) are generally adult children (41 percent), followed by partners or spouses (38.4 percent) and other family members and friends (p.401). Sometimes being the primary caregiver can be a lonely place. It is often hard to have someone depend on you for everything while still trying to make an attempt to be someone’s spouse, mother, sister, daughter, and friend. You once had a name, and that name has been replaced with primary caregiver. Gone are the days where you able to just pick up and go, on a moment’s notice or on a whim. Gone are they days where a vacation from work, is just that, a vacation from work. A vacation from work

Caregiving dynamics theory recognizes professional nursing standards growing to increase caregiver awareness. Nursing standards continue to improve the caregiving experience across health care settings, as well as provide respect and support for patients with caregiver roles. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), qualitative study utilized caregiving dynamics theory and story theory, finding valuable insights to caregiver roles among HSCT patients. Specifically, caregiver theory major concepts: commitment, self-care, expectation management, new insight, role negotiation, and role support, correspondingly reflect nursing standards.

A,B) MSTT had Christine go back and review the reasoning for her adopting Jake and what specific behavior change she is looking for with Jake. Christine explained She adopted Jake because she wanted help a kid in need and when she and her husband met Jake it was sweet and kind. She explained during their weekly visits with Jake everything went well and Jake was looking forward to being adopted by them. She stated Jake even wanted to take on their last name which is why his last name is Andersen. She express she only wants Jake to be apart of the family. MSTT asked her what she mean by that ans she explained

The video from Speak Your Mind was called, “Taking Care While Caretaking.” The video contained information about the stress that caretakers go through while their loved one declines due to mental or physical health. Dr. Doug Heck, a licensed psychologist who specializes in people who have had a life-changing event happen, Christine Dwyer a caretaking consultant, and Char Davern a caregiver for her husband join Dr. Phelps in talking about caretaking. Caregiving can either come slowly, where you take on each step as they come, like during a disease like Alzheimers or it could come at someone out of nowhere like a stroke. It is important to know how to deal with these situations appropriately to give the loved one the best care possible.

The studies focused on the occupancy of three roles: parental status, informal caring and paid work. It showed that 7% of people experienced caring for someone, 50% were parents and 66% were in some type of paid work. The data for dual roles played by them were as follows; 34% who were both parents and paid workers, 1% were parents and care takers, and 2% were paid workers and care takers. 2% of the individuals in the survey played all three roles, and 18.7% of the individuals had no role to play. It shows that only a small proportion of individuals in midlife combined paid work with consistent care giving or other multiple role configurations. It was found that men and women equally faced the multiple roles. Women were also likely to hold some of the more intense roles than their male counter parts.