Family Caregiving Final Exam –Questions and Answers

Family Caregiving Final Exam –Questions and Answers Caregiver - Ans️️ anyone who provides assistance to someone else who is in some degree incapacitated and needs help *family members and friends are primary source for care for impaired older adults living in community Profile of AD caregivers - Ans️️ - 70% of AD patients are cared for at home - usually one family member serves as primary source of care - 50% are 50+ years old - 59% female (primarily spouses, daughters and daughters-in-law) Diversity of care tasks - Ans️️ - closeness of familial relationship determines - care activities differ by se (husbands vs. wives, sons vs. daughters) Negative consequences of caregiving - Ans️️ 1. infringement on time and activities 2. relationship with care recipient 3. physical health 4. mental health and psychological outcomes Positive consequenes - Ans️️ *linked to subjective meanings attached to the role 1. sense of mastery 2. personal growth