Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture 9: March 22 lecture
26 Mar 2017
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1: who are the caregivers? in 2012, 8 million canadians were family caregivers (statistics canada, 2013) 12% (966,455) of older canadians provided informal care to another older adult in. 8% spouse/partner: most caregivers are adult-children who are females, caregivers" ability to cope is linked with care receiver"s survival and time until relocating to nursing home, caregivers who are more strained results in greater likelihood of mortality. Care receiver family member you are caring for. Other family members: major support or a pain daughter form california: there could be a relative across the globe giving you advice and criticizing you. Thinking they know best even though they do not know what you are going through and how the care is to be brought across. Support services adult day programs home care physiotherapy or occupational therapy community supports that help someone continue to be a caregiver or can make life dif cult because you could be on a wait list.
