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Family Caregivers
Caregiver Ergonomics
Caregiver Stress/Facts
Local Resources
Cost of Caregiving
100
What percent of caregivers care for a relative or loved one?
What is 85%
100
This is one of the foremost causes of physical injuries experienced by caregivers.
What is overexertion?
100
This is the percent of women in the United States that are caregivers.
What is 70%?
100
This organization provides support for the caregivers of an individual in the dying process.
What is Hospice?
100
In 2016, what was the average percent of income being used for caregiving?
What is 20%
200
How many Americans provide care for loved ones everyday?
What is 40 million Americans
200
This could prevent the majority of musculoskeletal discomfort experienced by caregivers.
What is proper body mechanics?
200
These are the risk factors for caregiver stress (name 2 to be correct).
What is being female, having fewer years of formal education, living with the person being cared for, social isolation, having depression, financial difficulties, higher # of hours spent caregiving, lack of coping skills/difficulty solving problems, lack of choice in being a caregiver?
200
This organization provides Meals on Wheels, Senior Dining, Frozen Meals, and Meals & More to its customers.
What is the Grand Forks Senior Center?
200
About how much money do informal caregivers lose over a lifetime?
What is $660,000
300
On average, how many hours a week do family caregivers spend providing care?
What is 24.4 hours/week
300
This should be placed around the patient by the caregiver for the caregiver to hold onto in order to safely balance and steady the patient.
What is a gait belt?
300
These are the relaxation techniques to manage stress (name 2 of 4 to be correct).
What is visualization, meditation, breathing exercises, and progressive muscle relaxation?
300
This organization has an Alzheimer's/ Dementia Caregiver support group that meets the third Thursday of every month.
What is the Grand Forks Senior Center?
300
Which ethnicity spent the most in 2016 on caregiving?
What is Hispanic/Latino.
400
This policy guarantees individuals time off work who need time off from work to care for a seriously ill loved one.
What is Family and Medical Leave Act.
400
To ensure proper lifting mechanics, this refers to standing with one's feet further apart and staggering one's stance.
What is a wide base of support?
400
This is the percent of caregivers that are clinically depressed (+/- 5% to be correct).
What is 46-59%?
400
This organization provides tips based on diagnosis to caregivers. Also provides templates to monitor caregiver stress and self-care.
What is the Fargo VA?
400
What happens to the cost of caregiving when the care recipient has dementia?
What is doubles
500
Name 3 of the 5 issues live in caregivers may face.
What is lack of privacy, sleep deprivation, lone-soldier syndrome, not anticipating what is coming next, and/or overwhelming care tasks.
500
This is something the caregiver should always tell the patient in regards to the patient's hand placement in order to prevent injury to either person when performing tranfers.
What is never allow the patient to place his/ her hands around the caregiver's neck.
500
This is the age range that represents the majority of caregivers in the U.S. (must be within +/- 1 year to be correct).
What is 45-49 years old?
500
This organization is federally funded and provides services at no cost.
What is the ND Family Caregiver Support Program?
500
For unpaid family caregivers, what 3 sources are finances coming from to provide care?
What is retirement funds, personal savings, cutting leisure costs such as eating out and vacations