WGU C475 - OA Final Exam Study Guide Graded A +

Role of Caregiving - These individuals help with personal care, dressing, feeding, toileting, helping ambulate (ADLs); medical care (med management, BP, oxygen tanks); organize doctor's appts, manage finances, & deal with daily household tasks (IADLs); emotional support; very knowledgable about their condition & needs, and often become their advocate True or False: caregivers can be informal who are family or friends who have no formal training or caregivers can be hired from companies who are trained. - True Effects of Caregiving - Higher costs & financial difficulties - May be unable to work full time or hold down a job altogether - Their employers don't have adequate policies in place to support them - Sacrifice their own health & well-being in order to care for their loved ones - Spend so much time caring for loved ones that their family & relationships can suffer What assessments are used when treating caregivers? - Caregiver self-assessment questionnaire Most caregiver assessments screen for what? - stress, burden, anxiety, and other psychological effects of caregiving Can you bill for the time spent treating your client's caregiver? - Yes. What conditions must be met in order to bill for the treatment of the caregiver? - Client must be directly involved in the caregiver training. This can include medication management, transfers, dressing, etc. therapist is training them on how to perform the activities What interventions are used for caregivers?-- Energy conservation, psychosocial factors, prioritizing roles, time-management - Create documentation of instructions for home focused towards the caregiver's needs and abilities Define Hospice -- encompasses a philosophy of care for individuals of any age with life-limiting illnesses for whom further curative measures are no longer desired or appropriate. - focuses on symptom control and meeting the emotional, social, spiritual, and functional needs of the client and family Define Palliative Care -- an approach that improves the QoL of the patients and their families facing the problem associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering - initiated at any point in the course of the client's illness - Curative care interventions also may be used How do you assess hospice patients? – - Often referred by an a doctor and we can advocate for our services - Client-centered approach to establish a relationship to facilitates dialogue & appropriate intervention priorities of occupational & functional areas - QoL assessment tools can also be appropriate