End of Life Care Flashcards
Where does most care for frail elders originate from?
in the family
What is double-duty caregiving?
Provides care duties in work and at home
What are the psychological or subjective components of burden?
stress and worry attributed to caring for someone
What is the difference between informal and formal support?
Formal is provided by public and private agencies, while informal is usually by untrained family and friends
Name 4 types of formal-based services
Home, community, employer, and technology-based
an array of services enabling people incapacitated with a disability or health problem to be able to live at home with the effect of preventing, or delaying long-term care
Home Care
What are three models to help older people and caregivers?
- Relieve caregiver stress
- Financial incentives or reimbursements
- Private or publicly supported care
Being provided with temporary care for primary caregivers to take a break
Respite care
Respite care is
Being provided with temporary care for primary caregivers to take a break
Name 3 measurements of abuse
- interviews
- classification
- survey instruments
What are the 6 frames of mind people face leading to death?
- not ready and can’t accept
- not ready but accept
- ready and accepting
- ready, accepting, and wishing it would occur
- Considering a hastened death but with no plan in place
- Considering a hastened death, with a specific expressed plan or wish
What is palliative care
a focus on quality not quantity of life
Giving people comfort in their final days
palliative care or hospice
The objective state of having lost a significant other and of coping with death
Bereavement
