20 Jan Impact of Caregiving Burden on Caregiver Health

Caregiver burden is a multidimensional response that results from taking care of an ill individual. More specifically, caregiver burden refers to the stress and disruption in lifestyle, health, and quality of life experienced by those who provide informal care to patients with chronic and terminal illnesses.

There has been a shift in the caregiving paradigm in the United States, with increased dependence on informal caregivers instead of experienced medical professionals. Caregiver burden can have a significant impact on the psychological, emotional, physical, and functional health of those providing care to loved ones. Physicians, nurses, and social workers have traditionally directed services to patients. Given the impact of caregiver burden on well-being, it is important to focus on the specific needs of caregivers. Supportive services and community resources are commonly offered to caregivers as a means of lessening their stress and improving quality of life.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Think about a chronic, serious, or debilitating illness. Consider the burden experienced by a family or friend providing care for an individual diagnosed with the illness.

By Day 3

Post a description of the care needed for the illness you selected. Explain the nature of caregiver burden experienced by caregivers of patients with this illness. Describe illness-related factors (e.g., access to care, illness complexity, chronicity, outcomes) that might contribute to caregiver burden. Explain specific interventions that you as a medical social worker might implement to relieve caregiver burden. Identify at least three resources in your local area (county or state) that you might use to address caregiver burden for the chosen illness. Explain how these resources might adequately address caregiver burden.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.

 

Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below

 

 

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Hospital Social Work 2006

Author: Beder, Joan

ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95067-1

ISBN-10: 0-415-95067-8

Edition/Copyright: 2006

Publisher: Routledge N. Y.

 

REQUIRED

Handbook of Health Social Work 3RD 19

Author: Gehlert, Sarah

ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42072-9

ISBN-10: 1-119-42072-5

Edition/Copyright: 3RD 19

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

REQUIRED

Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context 4TH 16

Author: McCoyd, Judith L.M.

ISBN-13: 978-1-138-92436-9

ISBN-10: 1-138-92436-9

Edition/Copyright: 4TH 16

Publisher: Routledge N. Y.

 

 

 

 

 

Required Readings

 

 

Learning Resources

 

Bevans, M., & Sternberg, E. M. (2012). Caregiving burden, stress, and health effects among family caregivers of adult cancer patients. Journal of the American Medical Association, 307(4), 398–403.

 

Lai, C., Luciani, M., Morelli, E., Galli, F., Cappelluti, R., … Lombardo, L. (2013). Predictive role of different dimensions of burden for risk of complicated grief in caregivers of terminally ill patients. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care [Epub ahead of print].

 

National Association of Social Workers. (2010). NASW standards for social work practice with family caregivers of older adults. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=aUwQL98exRM%3D&portalid=0

 

 

Empeno, J., Raming, N. T. J., Irwin, S. A., Nelesen, R. A., & Lloyd, L. S. (2011). The hospice caregiver support project: Providing support to reduce caregiver stress. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(5), 593–597.

 

Northhouse, L. L., Katapodi, M. C., Schafenacker, A. M., & Weiss, D. (2012). The impact of caregiving on the psychological well-being of family caregivers and cancer patients. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 28(4), 236–245.

 

Given, B. A., Sherwood, P., & Given, C. W. (2011). Support for caregivers of cancer patients: Transition after active treatment. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 20(10), 2015–2021.

Support for caregivers of cancer patients: transition after active treatment by Given, B.A., Sherwood, P., & Given, C.W., in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, Vol. 20, Issue 10. Copyright 2011 by American Association for Cancer Research. Reprinted by permission of American Association for Cancer Research via the Copyright Clearance Center.

 

Snow, A., & Gilbertson, K. (2011). The complexity of cancer in multiple family members: Dynamics of social work collaboration. Social Work in Health Care, 50(6), 411–423.

 

Optional Resources

 

Getz, L. (2012). Listening to family caregivers—What matters most? Social Work Today, 12(2), 28. Retrieved from http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/031912p28.shtml

 

Kuzuya, M., Enoki, H., Hasegawa, J., Izawa, S., Hirakawa, Y., … Akihisa, I. (2011). Impact of caregiver burden on adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling dependent older care recipients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(4), 382–391.

 

National Cancer Institute. (2013). Family caregivers in cancer: Roles and challenges (PDQ). Factors to consider in caregiver assessment. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/caregivers/healthprofessional/page6

 

Vines, A. I., & Demissie, Z. (2013). Racial differences in social support and coping among family caregivers of patients with prostate cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 31, 305–318.