Abstract:Home care has a model that depends on the unpaid support of family caregivers. This sample examines all active home care clients (N = 1698) receiving case management services between April 1, 201 0 and March 31, 2011, 96% of clients report they have a family (informal) caregiver with 23% receiving help from spouses and 68% receiving help from child or other relative. Family caregivers who are stressed are providing an average of 34.27 hours per week of care, family caregivers who care for seniors with cognitiv… Show more
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