Caregiving 430 Exam #3 Questions and Answers

Caregiving 430 Exam #3 Questions and Answers Who are today's caregivers? - Ans ️️ -80%of home care is provided by unpaid family member or friend -nurse, home health or home care aide, or therapist that comes to the home -adult day service providers -staff of long-term care facilities -about2/3 are women -14% are 65 and older On average, how many hours per week do caregivers provide care? - Ans ️️ around 20 hours/week What are distance caregivers? - Ans ️️ People that provide care for a family member that resides an average of 450 miles away. 3-6 million americans How can types of illnesses impact caregiving? - Ans ️️ -Caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, or other brain-impairing disorders can be more stressful than caring for someone with a physical impairment. -Caring for someone with a cognitive disorder can be a 24/7 job due to the unpredictability of the care recipient's behavior.5 What is long-distance caregiving? - Ans ️️ defined as care provided by a caregiver living more than an hour away from the care recipient. How can the distance between the caregiver and care recipient impact caregiving? - Ans ️️ · The caregiver's role is not as much "hands-on" as it is gathering information about available resources, coordinating services and putting together a "team" of family, friends and paid help that can meet the care recipient's needs How can urban versus rural settings impact caregiving? - Ans ️️ Rural caregivers face unique challenges. These include fewer available formal services, fewer physicians and health education services, transportation difficulties, weather problems in winter, geographic distance and isolation. How can different cultural approaches impact caregiving? - Ans ️️ -There are many histories, traditions and rituals to caregiving. -In many cultures, there are family expectations about the caregiving roles of adult children; this is especially true in cultures where daughters or daughters-in-law are expected to assume the primary caregiver role for aging parents. In the U.S, how are ethnic caregivers compared to white caregivers? - Ans ️️ Studies show that ethnic minority caregivers provide more care than their white counterparts and report worse physical health than white caregivers What is the average age of caregivers? - Ans ️️ Ma