GE CLST 80A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Family Caregivers, Long-Term Care, Paraprofessional
1 Dec 2017
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Address one way to care for older adults. Tricky because even seemingly littlest of assistance is caregiving. Licensed but most care provided by unlicensed caregivers. Act of assisting people with personal care, household chores, transportation, and other tasks associated with daily living provided either by family members without compensation or by professionals. Couples help each other out and remain independent. If one dies, major gap in how to provide for themselves. Can provide care for children, parents, and in-laws at once. Depends on work, whether already at home. Typical paraprofessional or aide is immigrant, single mother, with minimal education, and living in poverty care in both private home and institutional settings. Nurses(cid:495) aides, personal assistants, and home care workers who provide hands-on. Training in first aid, how to lift older adult. Once certified, can work in nursing facility. Have certified nurse aid for certain time. Paid caregivers fill in gaps of family caregivers.
