Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Family Caregivers, Dementia, Continuing Care Retirement Communities In The United States
20 Feb 2018
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12% (966,455) of older canadians provided informal care to another older adult in. 8% spouse/partner: caregivers" ability to cope is linked with care receiver"s survival and time until relocating to nursing home. As a caregiver, if you cannot cope then you are more likely to relocate someone into a nursing home. From a policy perspective, it is expensive: caregivers who are more strained greater likelihood of mortality among caregivers. When mortality is an outcome, it needs more attention. They are more likely to die because they are not taking care of themselves, epically for those taking care of older adults with dementia because it is continuous. We can divide the group of caregivers for spouses and adult children. These are the 2 biggest groups of caregivers: culture. There are cultural norms for who takes care of older adults: caregiving context.
