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Abuse by Caregivers, 2002.
A thorough study and research about the phenomenon of abuse of the elderly by family caregivers and the factors implicated in the development and perpetuation of such abuse.
8,745 words (approx. 35.0 pages), 29 sources, MLA, AU$ 196.95
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This research investigates the problem of elder abuse. The research focuses on the identification of the factors underlying the problem.
In the study, both the frequency and the severity of physical and emotional abuse are found to be related positively with the level of stress perceived by caregivers, the cognitive status of the elderly person, the physical status of the elderly person, and the substance abuse status of caregivers. Both the frequency and the severity of financial abuse are also found to be related positively with the level of financial stress characterizing the caregiver-elderly person relationship.
The findings of this study that caregiver stress and substance abuse by caregivers affect the frequency and severity of physical and emotional abuse, and that financial stress affects the frequency and severity of financial abuse are consistent with current theory. The findings that the frequency and severity of elder abuse are related to both the cognitive and physical status of the elderly person for whom care is provided, however, are consistent with some current theory but also are contrary to some current theory. The study concludes that further research is recommended to explore in greater depth the relationship between elder abuse and the physical and mental status of the elderly person for who care is provided in a family environment. Further research also is recommended with respect to developing improved schemes for providing financial assistance for such caring arrangements.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
Purpose of the Study
Significance of the Study
Definitions of Terms
Overview of the Remainder of the Study
Review of the Literature
Cognitive Abilities and Development
Stress
Related Research
Conclusions Relative to the Study Problem
Method
Hypotheses
Variables and Operational Definitions
Population and Sample
Instrumentation
Data Analysis
Summary
Results
Results Testing Hypothesis 1
Results Testing Hypothesis 2
Results Testing Hypothesis 3
Results Testing Hypothesis 4
Results Testing Hypothesis 5
Results Testing Hypothesis 6
Results Testing Hypothesis 7
Results Testing Hypothesis 8
Results Testing Hypothesis 9
Results Testing Hypothesis 10
Discussion
Summary of the Results
Discussion and Implications for Current Theory
Recommendations for Further Research
Implications for Professional Practice
References
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"The increasing awareness that some elderly persons are physically abused and neglected by family members has been accompanied by a widespread assumption about elder abuse: that it is inflicted by well meaning individuals, often the adult children of victims, who are pushed over the edge by the stress of caring for a frail, dependent old person. According to Pillemer & Finkelhor (1989), the falsity of that assumption was revealed by findings that relatively well-functioning elderly people were found to usually be the victims of abuse, which is often inflicted by emotionally disturbed or violent family members. A typical abuser was found to be a person who depends on the victim for money, transportation, housing and household repairs. Elderly victims were no more disabled or dependent on their abusers than were comparison subjects on their relatives. Abusers, however, were much more likely than relatives in the comparison group to have been arrested, hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder, involved in violent behavior outside the family, or limited by a physical problem (Pillemer & Finkelhor, 1989). The generalizations of these findings have been challenged by more recent studies (Saad, Hartman, Kurian, Graham, Wilcock, & Ballard, 1995).
Some states have passed laws for mandatory reporting of elder abuse, which means that doctors and social workers must report suspected abuse (Arbetter, 1995). Communities are encouraging neighbors to keep an eye on seniors. Some communities are considering the establishment of shelters similar to those organized for battered women. Some communities also are expanding senior day care services and support services for caregivers (Arbetter, 1995)."
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Gender Roles for Caregivers of the Elderly, 2004.
Reviews some of the literature available on caregiving and the impact gender has in caregiving.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 11 sources, APA, AU$ 48.95
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This paper presents a review of the literature available concerning the relationship between caregivers and the recipients of their care. Particular emphasis is placed on literature that looks at the impact that gender has on the role of the caregiver.
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"The question of what impact gender has in caregiving and/or the distribution of caregiving tasks among family members when caring for aging parents is a significant one, given the aging of the population and what has been reported as a breakdown in family structure. By far the literature provides information concerning care by the spouse. There is an overwhelming need for studies centered on family members and roles involved in caregiving activities for parents."
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Parents, Caregivers, and Children, 2003.
A discussion of the importance of the parental and caregiver role during child development.
1,513 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, AU$ 52.95
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This paper examines how parents and caregivers play a vital role in helping children learn and how it is important for parents and teachers to support children's learning and development, enhance learning through play, and help a child develop confidence and self-worth. It looks at how education innovators, such as Jean Piaget, Robert Owen, Jan Amos Komensky, and Jean Jacques Rousseau, have all had a great impact on education today and discusses how these innovators have impacted the author's belief about how parents and caregivers play a vital role in a child's learning.
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"Play is one of the main ways in which children learn. Because play is fun, children often become absorbed in what they are doing. It is important for a parent and a caregiver to provide appropriate materials for children to explore. Also, it is important for the parent and caregiver to give the child freedom in what they are exploring, and to facilitate the child. As Piaget stated, "Discovery learning and supporting the developing interests of the child are two primary instructional techniques. It is recommended that parents and teachers challenge the child's abilities, but NOT present material or information that is too far beyond the child's level." (http://ship.edu/-cgboeree/piaget.html) The materials provided must be developmentally appropriate for the children. Also, they should meet the children's interests."
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Grandparent Caregivers, 2007.
An analysis of the effects of caregiving on grandparents of minority groups.
3,285 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 101.95
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This research examines differences in physical and mental health status between minority-group grandparents raising grandchildren and those who are not involved in this care-giving role. The discussion builds on earlier studies of grandparent caregivers, using a national data set, but it is unique in that it explores the physical and mental health of the growing sub-population of minority-group grandparents who are raising grandchildren.
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Introduction
Review of the Literature
Methods
Results
Discussion
Implications for Research and Practice
Conclusion
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"Minority caregivers will be significantly more likely than their non care-giving peers to have limitations in four of the five activities of daily living (ADL) investigated . Caregivers will have more problems moving around inside the house and doing day-to-day tasks. The levels of limitation will be quite substantial, with 29 percent of caregivers reporting "a lot of limitation" climbing a flight of stairs and two of five caregivers indicating that they will have a lot of limitation walking six blocks. Approximately two-thirds of caregivers will have at least one limitation, and the mean number of limitations will too. No significant differences will be found between Minority caregivers and non-caregivers with respect to self-reported health status or with their reported ability to bathe, dress, and provide other personal care."
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Women Caregivers, 2005.
This paper examines the role of female nursing and the discrimination involved.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, AU$ 76.95
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The paper discusses how based on European attitudes, it was assumed that women of color were suited to be caretakers for Euro-American women (Hassouneh-Phillips, 2003). The paper explains that nurses, because the profession is overwhelmingly female, are regarded as unskilled caregivers. The paper presents the hypothesis that nurses are being exploited because of gender, race and class and are confronted with unreasonable demands, to the extent that candidates are not being attracted to the profession.
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"This study addresses five ways in which health care reforms have impacted on women's roles as caregivers. The caregiver who was interviewed is a registered nurse who has also been heavily impacted by sexism, racism and classicism. The main issues that were investigated involved restructuring of the health care system, the nursing cutbacks and discrimination, new trends in nursing and an ideal model of care. The views that the nurse provided were then compared with the statements made by Gustafson (2000). The three interrelated themes that repeatedly emerged in this study were sexism, racism and classicism."
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"Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers", 2001.
Personal and informative guide by Roslyn Carter and Susan K. Golant for caring for the severely ill & disabled. Written by wife of former President Jimmy Carter.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, AU$ 67.95
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"In her book, Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers, Rosalynn Carter, the wife of Jimmy Carter, the former President of the United States, provides a personal and informative guide for caregivers in their challenging tasks of caring for the severely ill and disabled. Carter is able to provide an empathetic and personal perspective to this issue because she has also experienced the difficulties and challenges of caregiving in her younger years. During her adolescence, Carter's father was afflicted with leukemia and died half a year later, leaving Carter, her sister and two younger brothers in the care of her mother (Carter 16-8). After her husband's death Carter's mother had to work in a variety of jobs in order to raise her family and take care of her ailing father-in-law...:
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Caregivers, 2005.
A discussion regarding the role of the care giver to the elderly or impaired.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 37.95
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This paper discusses what it means to be a care giver to the elderly or the functionally and/or cognitively impaired. According to this paper, care givers need to be available at times when day centres are not in operation.
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"Care giving is a term that encompasses a broad range of activities. Care giving is a term often applied to taking care of the elderly. If you were a caregiver, what would be the three most important services/resources your use and why? As a caregiver I would like to have different types of services or resources available. These resources make a difference in care giving. Some of these services are: Adult Day Services Adult day services are community-based group programs designed to meet the needs of functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults through an individual plan of care. These structured, comprehensive programs provide a variety of health, social, and other related support services in a protective setting during any part of a day, but less than 24-hour care. Adult day centers generally operate programs during normal business hours five days a week."
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Grandparents as Caregivers, 2005.
Examines the phenomenon of grandparents serving as parents.
3,450 words (approx. 13.8 pages), 9 sources, APA, AU$ 127.95
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This paper explores two theories to examine the role of African American grandparents raising children. The theories are the Strengths Perspective and the Ecological Perspective. The paper considers the relative merits of each perspective and provides examples from African American grandparents.
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"The purpose of this research report is to examine two distinct perspectives that are used in counseling in the context of therapeutic interventions of many different types: The Strengths Perspective..."
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Caregiving for the Elderly, 2002.
This paper discusses caregiving for the aged and infirm, especially the hospice movement.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 60.95
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This paper discusses that the time and effort, both physical and emotional, required to provide compassionate, timely and appropriate caregiving to another person can assume mammoth proportions, but the hospice approach has been proven to be an invaluable asset for home-based caregivers. The author points out that hospice refers to a concept of care rather than a physical location. The hospice movement's goal is not cure, with all of its aggressive interventions, but palliation of symptoms to help manage the psychological and social difficulties encountered by terminally ill patients, their caregivers and family. The paper stresses that the burdensome, demanding and stressful caregiving responsibilities require that the caregivers take adequate time for themselves to prevent caregivers from engaging in abusive behaviors toward their patient.
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"In fact, by 2025, it has been estimated that there will be over one billion older people worldwide. This extension in life expectancy to well beyond 80 years of age is the result of better public health measures, improvements in living conditions, and advances in medical care. At the same time, there have been some fundamental changes in the American family that have created a wide range of variations, with numerous permutations of step-children, step-parents and step-grandparents being the norm rather than the exception. No longer is the family unit as cohesive as it was, say, in the middle of the 20th century, so the family members who assume caregiving responsibilities for the elderly may not even be directly related to the individual. Studies have shown that the relationships that exist before an individual requires caregiving tends to dictate what type of relationship will continue to exist, but the fact remains although there is universal agreement that full-time caregiving responsibilities are enormously stressful; some people make better caregivers than others."
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Care for the Caregiver, 2004.
An analysis of the responsibilities and the pressures faced by caregivers for the mentally ill.
1,093 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, AU$ 41.95
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This paper discusses how a person's illness usually spills over to the family and friends who surround them and how, although they may not feel the same type of mental pain as their crippled loved ones, they are also victims. It looks at how these caregivers are weighed down with the many burdens that come with providing for a mentally ill person and examines how to keep them from becoming ill and overwhelmed themselves. These caregivers need information and advice on how to cope with their ill relatives.
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"Caregivers also suffer from subjective burdens, or emotional issues because they are having problems with their coping skills: They have feelings of guilt, remorse, anguish, stress, self-blame, depression, anger and grief. The providers feel badly about not doing enough, remorse at the changes occurring, anxiety and fear about the future, and frustration about the many ways that this illness has changed their family members' lives. Caregivers often have to put their own plans on hold, which can lead to feelings of anger and resentment. On top of this is the disruption of social activities due to the stigmatism associated with mental illness."
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Caregiving for the Elderly, 2005.
An examination of contemporary emotional problems facing caregivers for the elderly.
2,487 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 20 sources, MLA, AU$ 80.95
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A number of studies have been conducted over the past decade that provide insights into the type of emotional problems that can occur in the caregivers. There is also research that is done to determine the means by which the emotional turmoil can be reduced if not eliminated. This paper offers example of both types of studies. Although any type of illness can be used, a number of these articles use the emotional problems resulting from having a parent who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. It explains that this illness can be very similar to dementia that often afflicts the elderly.
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"Increasing numbers of the babyboomer generation are having to take care of their aging parents in addition to other responsibilities, such as sending their children to college and working full time to pay for rising expenses. The degree of stress that occurs regardless when caring for someone who is ill, is aggravated because of emotions including guilt that one is not doing enough, fear that a loved one is suffering, sadness that a life is coming to an end and depression from frustration and exhaustion. Resources are another difficulty. In many cases, the older children do not even live in the same area as their aging parent and have to find services that are at a premium and vary considerably from one place to the next. Or, if living near one another, considerable time is required to run errands, go to and from the doctors, and respond to phone calls at all time day and night. It takes its emotional toll upon the strongest of individuals. Until recently, discussion of care giving focused on the recipients of care. However, increasingly specialists are addressing the needs of relatives and other informal caregivers."
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Caregiver Stress, 2004.
An analysis of the emerging problem of abuse of the elderly and caregiver stress.
4,604 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 16 sources, MLA, AU$ 127.95
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This paper discusses abuse in general, with a focus on abuse of the elderly. The paper examines the relation between the stress levels of the caregivers and the abuse of the patients. The paper defines elder abuse and presents a profile of the elder abuse victim. Factors contributing to abuse are explored and the relevant statistics are provided.
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Introduction
Emergence and Social Construction of Family Violence
Domestic Violence
Child Abuse
Animal Abuse
Elder Abuse
Statistics Regarding Elder Abuse
Laws and Legislation
Elder Caregiver Stress
The Future: Prevention or Eradication of Elder Abuse
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"While many believe domestic abuse to be a relatively new problem, in fact, it was widely recognized as a problem in U.S. society as early as the beginnings of the temperance movement that began in about 1880. Indeed, it is arguable that the issue of familial stress was also a factor in that early recognition, as well as that recognition preceded the temperance movement's rise. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was the foremost proponent of morality in many arenas during that time, and often presented its agenda concerning morality, temperance and aesthetics in drama. "The Little Captain," a temperance melodrama, was one such that "focused most exclusively on the social and familial effects of alcohol by explicitly detailing family violence. WCTU editors expected its unrelentingly miserable content to be so unappealing to youth that it could act only as a deterrent. The 'fallen' character in the melodrama, James Grey, was a father of four young children who was ruined by alcohol and destroyed his family in the process" (Parker, 1999)."
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Parent Caregiving, 2005.
An examination of factors involved in choosing suitable caregiving arrangements for one's elderly parents.
2,579 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 82.95
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This paper examines factors regarding selecting care for one's elderly parents - the balance of work and caregiving; choosing an agency or home; guardianship; involvement of other family members and finally the stress factor. The paper also looks at one theory about caregiving known as the exchange theory.
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"Some of these changes will come through health care reform. Granted, Medicare and Medicaid help a lot with parent caregiving, but they do not go far enough. One perfect example is the situation of immigrant elderly parents. Parent caregiving for immigrant parents is utterly non-existent on the federal and state government agendas, and this creates a situation in which elderly Americans' health deteriorates because minor conditions are exacerbated via missed doctor visits and checkups.
It is simply too expensive to care for an immigrant elderly parent in this country, and the resulting health care decisions are often highly inefficient, not to mention destructive for the parents' health too.
Some provisions must be made for caring for these elderly immigrant parents who cannot live on their own and support themselves.
These changes will not solve the problems of parent caregiving in America; they will, however, make it easier for the adult children to exercise their reciprocal roles and ensure their parents longer, happier, healthier lives."
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Caregiving & Alzheimer's Disease, 2001.
Extensive survey of literature & studies focusing on caregiver & impacts of AD on family. Discusses causes & consequences of disease; symptoms; care options; financial considerations; psychosocial impact; cultural factors; coping strategies.
9,450 words (approx. 37.8 pages), 35 sources, AU$ 144.95
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"ccording to Teel et al. (1999), Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent cause of dementia at the present time. That prevalence is expected to increase during the next fifty years because of increased longevity and an aging population. It is estimated that the prevalence may quadruple during that time (Brookmeyer et al., 1998). Even now, prevalence rates for the population over the age of 85 is between 25 percent and 48 percent (Larson et al., 1992). Finally, nursing home admission rates are high for Alzheimer's and average lengths of stay are long, therefore costly."
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Alzheimer's Disease Effects on the Caregiver, 2000.
An in-depth look at the effects of Alzheimer's Disease on the patients and the expected roles to be played by their care takers.
2,530 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 19 sources, AU$ 81.95
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A descriptive essay about the effects of Alzheimer's Disease and how to best treat the patients. The author discusses the mental, behavioral and emotional difficulties experienced by carriers of the disease, exposing the roles to be played by the caretakers.
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"Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive disease affecting an estimated 4 million people in the United States. According to GW Small in a consensus view on Alzheimer's Disease, "between 6% and 8% of all persons over 65 have the disease."(1) Caring for a parent with Alzheimer's Disease can be one of the most challenging positions a person can experience. The person who was once the primary caregiver is now dependent on the child as their caregiver. Although the caregiver still loves this parent, she begins to dislike and resent the person her parent has become. The behavior changes associated with Alzheimer's Disease can cause embarrassment and anger at the parent's behavior. This confusion in emotions can cause much anguish for the caregiver. The immediate family will also be affected by Alzheimer's Disease as well. Children and spouses may feel neglected because they're not receiving the caregiver's full attention. The caregiver should prepare herself by knowing what the impaired person can and cannot do and anticipating problems by planning ahead. The caregiver should also know where to go for help. Family or another means of support become a necessity. Alzheimer's Disease is a debilitating disease that can rob not only the quality of life from the victim, but the caregiver as well. Knowing what to expect and how to respond will help the caregiver function successfully in her role."
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The Role of the Caregiver in Childhood Personality Development, 1990.
This paper discusses the effects of parents and other adults in shaping the behavior, emotions, self-image of autonomy of children.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 9 sources, AU$ 67.95
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"There are several researchers and/or practitioners in the field of personality development who either agree or disagree as to the role of the caregiver in childhood personality development. That is, numerous such individuals contend that the role of the primary caregiver (the mother) in childhood personality development is mediated by the personality of the former, the personality and/or gender of the child, and the quality of interactions between same and the child. For those mothers who work full-time or part-time and utilize caregivers to provide care to their children, it is the mothers who tend to be the secondary caregivers. There are numerous researchers and/or practitioners who contend that the role of the primary caregiver (babysitters, day care centers) is mediated by the personalities ... "
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