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| Caregiving and its impact on families of the terminally ill | | Author(s) | K Brazil, M Bédard, K Willison |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 7, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 376-382 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dying ; Family care ; Attitude ; Stress ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Changes in the healthcare system in Canada have meant that increasing Numbers of the terminally ill receive most of their care at home. This paper's purpose is to document patterns of formal and informal care provided to the terminally ill, and to assess the impact caregiving has on family members. 150 family caregivers were recruited for interviews from two community nursing agencies in an urban region of Ontario; 119 (79%) of the respondents were female spouses. The numbers of caregivers providing assistance in specific functional activities were bathing (88%), mobility (81%), dressing and undressing (76%), toileting (67%), and assistance at night (64%). 41% of respondents reported that they had been providing some form of caregiving for more than one year. They also reported that physical demands in caregiving increased substantially during the last 3 months of a care recipient's life. As family caregivers provided more assistance in activities of daily living (ADLs), they were at greater risk of reporting high caregiver burden. This paper identifies the types of care provided by family caregivers of the terminally ill and the impact these demands have on the family caregiver. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007235 A |
| Classmark | CX: P6:SJ: DP: QNH: 3F: 7S |
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