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Questions With Complete Solutions Caregiving - Correct Answers ✅-Families and other unpaid caregivers provide the majority of care for older adults in the United States -Informal care provided by caregivers is the foundation of the long-term care system -Caregiving is considered a major public health issue -Increased attention is being given to the physical and mental health of caregivers -34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an adult over 50 in the last year Caregivers - Correct Answers ✅-75% are female -average duration of the role is 4 years -70% of working caregivers have work related difficulties because of their caregiver role -40-70% of caregivers have clinically significant symptoms of depression -children (~40%), spouses (~38%) and other family or friends
(~20%)
Impact of Caregiving - Correct Answers ✅Caregivers are considered to be "hidden patients" 1 / 4
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Questions With Complete Solutions -there can be negative psychological, economic, and physical effects of caring for a person who is impaired -Increased levels of depression and anxiety -Poorer self-reported physical health -Compromised immune function -Increased mortality rates -Higher rates of insomnia -Increased alcohol use
several circumstances are associated with caregiving issues: -
Correct Answers ✅-competing role responsibilities (job, children) -insufficient resources -living in the same house as person they're caring for -financial burdens -dementia Positive Impact of Caregiving - Correct Answers ✅-Positive aspects of caregiving -Enhanced self-esteem and well-being -Personal growth and satisfaction -Finding or making meaning through caregiving 2 / 4
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Questions With Complete Solutions -Caregiving is perceived as rewarding if the caregiver feels needed and useful, has a close and reciprocal relationship with the care recipient, and has an adequate support network Spousal Caregiving - Correct Answers ✅-80% of people who live with their spouse who is disabled, provide care for them (~56 hrs/wk) -Spouses provide the majority of care for disabled spouses -Many may have significant health problems that are neglected in deference to spousal needs -Spouse may need physical care beyond the capabilities of the spousal caregiver -Less likely to receive assistance from family -What are some things you think spousal caregivers might be prone to? Loneliness, depression, increased risk of dying -role changes that might have to occur
Spousal Caregiving: Spouse might need to learn to - Correct
Answers ✅WIFE:
-Drive -Manage money -Make decisions by themselves
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Questions With Complete Solutions -Cook -Shop -Do laundry -Provide personal care to their wives Care for Those With Dementia - Correct Answers ✅- Caregivers of those with dementia provide more hours of help, for a longer time, than caregivers of other older people -Twice as many indicate substantial negative aspects of caregiving, including financial, emotional, and physical difficulties -Demands of caregiving are intensified if there are behavioral disturbances and impairments in activities of daily living Caring for Disabled Adult Children - Correct Answers ✅-An increasing number of disabled children are surviving into adulthood and outliving their parents -Often, the parent has been a caregiver the person's entire adult life, ending only with the death of the parent or the adult child -Challenges include -Financial resources -Health of caregiver -How child will be cared for after aging parent's death
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