slowly fading Away: An Interpretative Phenomenological study on the burdens faced by an elder with a partner diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease Submitted by: Alneil T. Antonio RN Submitted to: Aldrin Darilag RMT‚ RN‚ PhD October 3‚ 2012 What’s the meaning of life when slowly you’ll forget things? What will you feel if your love one will soon forget the things you used to do? What are the burdens will you face in taking care of your partner diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
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possible career‚ who are also responsible for the needs of aging parents. Sandwiched in the middle of the young and elderly‚ many people may feel as though they’re juggling way too many responsibilities. During my research‚ I found that the word “burden and stress or strain” was used to describe the toll it takes on family members. I also find it interesting that the words “duty or an adult child’s
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people in the world—those who have been caregivers‚ those who are currently caregivers‚ those who will be caregivers‚ and those who will need caregivers. Rosalyn Carter An estimated 65.7 million Americans provide unpaid care for an adult or child with functional and/or cognitive limitations. These dedicated caregivers provide between 80% and 90% of the long-term care provided at home. About 66% of caregivers are women and 34% are men.1 Many caregivers of older people are also older adults. Of
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Sandwich Generation: • The Sandwich Generation is a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children. • The key objective of The Sandwich Generation® is to help family and professional geriatric caregivers increase their understanding of elder issues‚ better handle often emotional elder care responsibilities and reduce the stress of care giving. • Carol Abaya categorized the different scenarios involved in being a part of the sandwich generation
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program and last if the program is effective or ineffective. Programs such as The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse is designed to help elderly individuals who are at risk of being abused‚ and who are actually being abused by a caregiver. Elder abuse “may be physical‚ mental‚ emotional‚ or sexual” according to Area Agency on Aging of Pasco & Pinellas‚ Inc. (2013). The individual who commits the acts of Elder Abuse is usually a care giver which is usually “ a family member‚ an in
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a. What impact do you think Alzheimer’s disease has on the patient’s family and/or caregivers? I can say‚ from personal experience‚ that Alzheimer’s disease has a huge impact on a patient’s family and/or caregiver. My grandmother is starting to show some signs of Alzheimer’s as she ages and my great grandmother‚ her mother‚ had stage 4 Alzheimer’s which inevitably led to her death several years ago. Alzheimer’s‚ in my opinion‚ is one of the worst diseases that a family can embark on together. There
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with an adult aged 30 or older is comprised of dual-earner‚ sandwiched generation couples. There are psychological‚ physical‚ employment‚ and financial outcomes of balancing multiple caregiving duties. The literature shows positive benefits for caregivers too. A review of literature in the past 30 years‚ citing only U.S.based studies is summarized in this paper. Policy‚ clinical‚ and research implications are included. It is possible that multigenerational caregiving responsibilities will continue
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Approx $50 per week totally approx $ 2600 yearly TOTAL: Approx $ 37‚040 2. Staff requirements (based on 2004 Docs regulations staff: child ratios) and including ancillary staff. - Nursery room: 1 caregiver to 5 children - Toddler room: 1 caregiver to 8 children -Preschool room: 1 caregiver to 10 children The service is a 29 place long day care centre‚ operating 48 weeks of the year. The children include: five 0-2 year olds so this room would need 1 carer‚ eight 2-3 year olds this room
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to foster other relationship with people. Caregiver need to start by analyzing their classroom because there are many ways that they can modeling cultural diversity. The classroom should have different models of diversity like puppets‚ rugs‚ art‚ food‚ pictures‚ books‚ toys‚ and more since this is the space the child spend most of their day (Santora‚ 2012).. For children to be able to generate positive attitude or a fair sense of diversity all caregivers need to teach how to value and respect diversity
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nurses face negative emotions‚ suffering‚ and anxiety. Thus‚ sometimes caregivers become disappointed‚ exhausted and unable to do their work. Their constant stress and pervasive negative attitude are the consequences of the features of the job and called compassion fatigue. This phenomenon‚ its peculiarities and the steps to prevent it will be carefully analyzed in this paper. Warning signs for compassion fatigue Caregivers‚ doing their job‚ always have the professional risk to get moral trauma
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