Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Family Caregivers, Degenerative Disease, Assisted Living

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Formal vs. family caregiver: family caregivers are not paid. Family, friends, neighbours: provide critical and often ongoing support, personal, social, psychological, physical support, assistance, and care. Care receiver needs support due to: frailty, illness, degenerative disease, physical/cognitive/mental disability, or end of life circumstances. 2012 8 million canadians were family caregivers. 3. 3 million ontarians are caregivers: caregivers" ability to cope is linked with care receiver"s survival and time until relocating to nursing home, caregivers who are more strained greater likelihood of mortality. Family caregivers are the bedrock of our healthcare system: without all this help, we would see more relocation into nursing homes or ltc homes. Ontario"s family caregivers: gender, generation, culture, caregiving context, slightly more females than males that are family caregivers, spouses, adult children, aunts, uncles, cousins, care receiver, other family members, support services. Living in same household more likely to be partners or spouses.

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