5 & 8: Family Caregivers

Question 1

What kind of promoting can occur at early stages of family care?

Answer 1

Checking that activities have been compelled, keeping on top of work and daily activities.

Question 2

What kind of promoting can occur at later stages of family care?

Answer 2

Reminding people where they are, what day it is, what time it is and what they were just doing.

Question 3

Who is the most prone to stress?

Answer 3

Female caregivers contending with disturbed behaviour.

Question 4

What type of IWD behaviours have been linked to caregiver stress and ill health?

Answer 4

Violence, agitation and lack of inhibition.

Question 5

What is ambiguous loss?

Answer 5

Sense of grief over someone who is there but not there, and the loss of companionship, freedom and control.

Question 6

Give 4 key features of ambiguous loss.

Answer 6

Anticipation about the future, anger, frustration and guilt.

Question 7

What is strongly linked to ambiguous loss?

Answer 7

Caregiver depression.

Question 8

Give 5 potential negative impacts of caring.

Answer 8

Burden, social isolation, psychological morbidity, financial hardship and physical ill-health.

Question 9

Give 3 examples of support.

Answer 9

Help with housework and daily living, emotional support and information and knowledge from peers and health professionals.

Question 10

What is lacking for many family caregivers,

Answer 10

Strategies for dealing with behavioural and psychological symptoms.