Informal Caregiving 101
What gender is more likely to take part in informal caregiving?
Females
True or False: Seniors are the fastest growing age group between 1970-1980
False. 2011-2016
True or False: Relying on informal care lowers level in autonomy when compared to receiving formal care.
False. Informal care increases the elderly's autonomy in most cases.
True or False: Long distance caregivers reported only difficulties associated with their role.
False. Long distance caregivers reported BOTH difficulties and rewards associated with their role.
True or False: Informal caregiving allowed the individual to get to know the older adult better as an individual rather than as a parent.
True or False: The only purpose of informal care is to provide emotional support.
False
Why may older adults not be able to effectively communicate that they are in an abusive situation?
Mental decline or illnesses
True or False: Elderly individuals only benefit from informal care in social aspects. False. They can benefit emotionally and physically too.
False. They can benefit emotionally and physically too.
What was listed the highest percentage/common burden amongst caregiver consequences?
Giving up vacations, hobbies or other leisure activities
True or False: Children reported better relationship quality and higher educational attainment than children-in-law.
What is the 'Sandwich Generation'?
Adult children of the elderly, who are "sandwiched" between their aging parents and their own maturing children
Older adults are most likely to report abuse due to the idea of social stigma
False. Older adults feel speaking about their maltreatment is taboo
Spending quality time with an elderly individual is a form of informal care that will improve their ____.
Social well-being
As a result of feeling unprepared during the transition from hospital to home, family caregivers tend to experience heightened _____ and _____.
Anxiety and stress levels.
Informal caregiving allowed for celebrating the small things, resolving past and conflicts, developing strength and aging readiness and experiencing the older person’s _______.
List 3 reasons for informal caregiving.
Various. Ex: Out of love for the elderly, financial reasons, out of guilt.
The mindset “what happens in the family, stay in the family” is an example of which elderly consequence?
What settings are the caregivers less devoted to a single elderly individual?
LTC, doctor's office. They have to tend to more than one patient and for informal care the carer only cares for the one person.
What were the two milestones listed when it came to employed caregivers?
Missing work and taking leave of absence.
How was informal caregiving perceived as a reciprocation of parents’ love and care during childhood?
Associated with more satisfaction and less caregiver burden
List 5 activities that an informal caregiver would do.
Various. Ex: Drive them to doctors appt., driver them to grocery store, cook, clean, etc
What percentage of older adults over the age of 90 live in private households?
56.5%
List 3 ways informal care can increase autonomy levels.
Various answers. Ex: Decide what to eat, when to sleep, when they leave the house, etc.
Various. E.x. frustrated, angry, drained, guilty, helpless
Greater life purpose, autonomy, personal growth, self acceptance, getting to know the older adult better as an individual rather than as a parent, resolving past and conflicts, developing strength, aging readiness, experiencing the older person’s full life