Understanding How to Support Family Caregivers of Seniors with Complex Needs

Charles, Lesley; Brémault‐Phillips, Suzette; Parmar, Jasneet; Johnson, Melissa; Sacrey, Lori‐Ann R.

doi:10.5770/cgj.20.252

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“…In order to achieve this, the authors stressed the importance of situation-specific services provided to family caregivers, which support them and relieve their burden of care and competing priorities. Although willingness to provide home care exists within the Czech population, increasing evidence shows that caregiving is being provided at a significant physical, emotional, and financial cost to caregivers (Brémault-Phillips et al, 2016; Charles et al, 2017;Hollander et al, 2009), and it remains a challenge worldwide.…”

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Exploring the meaning of old age from the Czech adult perspective: A quantitative research study

Vaculíková¹,

Vávrová²

2019

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It is believed that age is just a number, meaning that it does not dictate how to feel or how to act. However, empirical studies, on a representative sample, describing old age boundaries in terms of longevity and in words that best describe old age are, to our knowledge, lacking in the Czech environment. This article is, therefore, methodologically grounded in the quantitative approach, applying a descriptive design in the investigation of the interrelationships of the self-reported data taken from a representative Czech adult population perspective (n = 1,040). The research shows that most respondents consider age 70+ to be old age and associate it with illness, experience or wisdom. The majority of respondents wished to end their life at home. On the other hand, the ability of respondents to imagine life in a home for the elderly grows with increasing age, with women more often admitting this possibility. Women are also more likely to provide home care to a dependent family member. The willingness to provide informal care continues to increase, depending on age, higher level of education, and better living conditions. Besides gender and education, participants' willingness to move to a retirement home if necessary made the strongest contribution to the likelihood of their willingness to be a family caregiver. Based on the cluster analysis, respondents living in the Central and North Bohemia regions manifested a lower willingness to live in a retirement home and to provide home care.

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Exploring the meaning of old age from the Czech adult perspective: A quantitative research study

Vaculíková¹,

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2019

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“…With Canada's population aging, the number of caregivers supporting seniors is simultaneously increasing. It is estimated that 3.8 million caregivers in Canada assist seniors with short or long-term health issues and approximately half a million are caregivers for a senior with dementia [1]. One report states that 10% of caregivers of seniors in Canada provide more than 30 h of support a week, 60% of whom are employed and 25% are also caring for a child [1].…”

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“…It is estimated that 3.8 million caregivers in Canada assist seniors with short or long-term health issues and approximately half a million are caregivers for a senior with dementia [1]. One report states that 10% of caregivers of seniors in Canada provide more than 30 h of support a week, 60% of whom are employed and 25% are also caring for a child [1]. In 2012 approximately 8 million Canadians, or 28% of people over the age of fifteen, provided caregiving to someone living with a chronic health condition [2].…”

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Longitudinal mixed methods study assessing caregivers of seniors across diverse populations: research protocol

Mahboob¹,

Relyea²,

Cameron

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BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: Canada's aging population is increasing, along with the number of caregivers providing support to seniors. Caregiving is a taxing responsibility that often results in loneliness and distress. Creating awareness of available supports for caregivers is essential for their health and to provide the best support to the care recipients. This study aims to better understand and improve the caregiving experience for caregivers from diverse ethnic communities and the LGBTQI2S+ communities. The goal is to improve the well-being and resilience of caregivers and optimize outcomes for care recipients by delivering educational workshops that resemble the design of existing workshops currently offered by the participating social service agency. Content will be adapted based on identified participant learning needs. These workshops will be offered to the English-speaking community, diverse newcomer ethnic groups and the LGBTQI2S+ community. Methods: This mixed-methods, longitudinal study includes two streams of caregivers; Stream One consists of English-speaking caregivers and care recipients while Stream Two includes individuals from the Afghan, Iranian, Somali-, Tamil-and Spanish-speaking populations and those belonging to LGBTQI2S+ communities. Each stream has two phases; Phase One includes needs assessments using focus groups and semi-structured interviews with caregivers and care recipients while Phase Two includes a pre-test post-test evaluation of educational workshops. The anticipated sample size for Phase One is 30 caregivers from the English-speaking community, 150 from the five linguistic/cultural communities combined and 30 from the LGBTQI2S+ group. For Phase Two, we plan to recruit 250 caregivers from the English-speaking community, 250 from the five linguistic/cultural communities, and 50 from the LGBTQI2S+ group. Discussion: To provide caregivers with optimal support, we must acknowledge the caregivers and care recipients from diverse communities. Currently, at least two focus groups have been conducted with caregivers from each of the seven targeted groups and workshops have begun for all communities. Recruitment has been a challenge for all groups, but our team continues to conduct outreach with caregivers and will use our learning to inform the delivery of educational caregiver workshops.

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“…We also present the results of a CIHR-funded conference that used qualitative methods to examine the barriers and challenges to caregiver access of community supports. ( 2 ) A qualitative study by Piraino et al ., ( 3 ) using both focus group and individual interviews, also examines the potential of online networks to assist in longstanding community-care issues such as communication and the sharing of information.…”

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