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* Help someone with a chronic illness or disease. | * Help someone with a chronic illness or disease. | ||
| − | * Help manage medications and | + | * Help manage medications, other interventions and support decision making. Possibly talk to doctors and nurses on someone’s behalf. |
* Help bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled. | * Help bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled. | ||
* Help take care of household chores, meals, or bills for someone who cannot do these things alone. | * Help take care of household chores, meals, or bills for someone who cannot do these things alone. | ||
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| + | [[Caregiver Factors|Caregiver factors]] are sub-elements of the [[Patient Influences & Support Factors|Patient influences & support factors]] which are elements of the [[Psychosocial Factors|psychosocial factors]] in [[Patient Recovery|patient recovery]]. | ||
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| + | Caregiver factors that could influence patient recovery: | ||
| + | * Caregiver assistance with ADLs | ||
| + | * Caregiver assistance with IADLs | ||
| + | * Caregiver assistance with medication administration | ||
| + | * Caregiver assistance with medical interventions | ||
| + | * Caregiver assistance with medical and care decisions | ||
| + | * Caregiver stress - See [http://www.caregiverslibrary.org/Portals/0/CaringforYourself_CaregiverSelfAssessmentQuestionaire.pdf '''Caregiver Self Assessment Questionnaire'''] | ||
| + | * Caregiver Education | ||
Latest revision as of 07:24, 10 September 2014
A caregiver is someone who is responsible for the care of someone. The tasks often include:
- Help someone with a chronic illness or disease.
- Help manage medications, other interventions and support decision making. Possibly talk to doctors and nurses on someone’s behalf.
- Help bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled.
- Help take care of household chores, meals, or bills for someone who cannot do these things alone.
Caregiver factors are sub-elements of the Patient influences & support factors which are elements of the psychosocial factors in patient recovery.
Caregiver factors that could influence patient recovery:
- Caregiver assistance with ADLs
- Caregiver assistance with IADLs
- Caregiver assistance with medication administration
- Caregiver assistance with medical interventions
- Caregiver assistance with medical and care decisions
- Caregiver stress - See Caregiver Self Assessment Questionnaire
- Caregiver Education
