Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Respite Care, Continuing Care Retirement Communities In The United States, Canada Health Act
27 Mar 2018
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9 pt 1 - caregiving and long-term care. Home care, support groups: there is no one single type of caregiver. Figure: people who provided help or care by age and gender, 45-60 providing the most care. Sandwich generation: adults who are taking care of an older family member and children. Females caregiving more than males: 65+ caregivers. In older adults section - a lot of the care is done by the spouse and by adult children. Hours of care: taki(cid:374)g o(cid:374) tasks that (cid:455)ou did(cid:374)"t do (cid:271)efore. Comparing caregiving careers: caregiving is on going, like a career, child, overtime starting to do more and more. Spouse: spouses tend to do a whole lot more than child caregivers. Role/identity changes along the caregiving career: challenges to spouse or family role through this process. Stage 1: taking on more roles than usual, perform care tasks. Identify self as a caregiver (this takes a long time to acknowledge)
