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Caregiving

The document outlines various types of home care services, including nursing care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and support services, aimed at helping individuals with health issues live independently at home. It highlights the increasing demand for home care, particularly among seniors, and notes the challenges faced by caregivers, such as low wages and high turnover rates. Additionally, it discusses the lack of uniformity and standards in home care services across Canada.

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Caregiving

The document outlines various types of home care services, including nursing care, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and support services, aimed at helping individuals with health issues live independently at home. It highlights the increasing demand for home care, particularly among seniors, and notes the challenges faced by caregivers, such as low wages and high turnover rates. Additionally, it discusses the lack of uniformity and standards in home care services across Canada.

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Types of caregiving

HOME CARE - home care is a group of services that allows people


with health problems to live as well and as independently as
possible,in their own homes and communities.
Home care designed to give caregivers a break is called respite care.
Palliative care offers nursing care, home support and/or respite for
people with a terminal illness and their families.

Types of home care services;


Professional Nursing and Therapeutic Services Clinical or specific
care provided by registered health care professionals.

• NURSING CARE - Nursing is a profession within the health


care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and
communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal
health and quality of life.

• PHYSIOTHERAPY - is a health care profession primarily


concerned with the remediation of impairments and disabilities
and the promotion of mobility, functional ability, quality of life
and movement potential through examination, evaluation,
diagnosis and physical intervention carried out by physical
therapists (known as physiotherapists in some countries)
and physical therapist assistants (known asphysical
rehabilitation therapists in some countries). In addition to
clinical practice,

• OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - Occupational therapy (also


abbreviated as OT) is the use of treatments to develop, recover,
or maintain the daily living and work skills .

• SOCIAL WORK - Social workers are able to provide help from


the decision to pursue the assistance of a health professional as
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they are able to assess the situation and the patient and advise on
what level of care may be required.

• MEDICAL SERVICES - Health care is the diagnosis,


treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other
physical and mental impairments in humans.

• NURSING ASSISTANCE - This can come in the form of


Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and
Registered Nurses who all have slightly different qualifications
and experience. Nurses are able to perform tasks such as
administer medications, care for any injuries or wounds and
supervise any medical equipment, with them often being used as
a step before nursing homes or retirement homes.

• REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE - Rehabilitation assistance


will be needed for patients who may have suffered a stroke or an
accident and need to rebuild up their motor skills. This may
require the assistance of Physical Therapists, Occupational
Therapists or Speech Theraist.

• SUPPORT SERVICES - A wide range of homemaking and


personal support services provided by family members, friends,
neighbours, government agencies, community agencies and
organizations, private agencies and individuals.

• CARE ASSISTANCE - Care assistance can take many forms


depending on what is required by the patient or the family. or
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Assistant caregivers who are those that can visit the person, who
may or may not be living alone, and provide company and help
with household tasks and chores including:

* Grocery shopping
* Cleaning
* Caring for any animals (i.e. walking a dog)
* Cooking
* Personal Hygiene assistance

• HEALTH AIDES - Home Health Aides or Certified Nurse's


Aides are well trained in the basic of the nursing profession and
rehabilitation therapy and are well equipped to provide medical
services including pulse and blood pressure monitoring, physical
exercises and in-bed care.

• transportation

• meal programs delivered to the home

• community dining

• home maintenance

• in-home respite — including overnight care

• adult day programs — care away from home during working


hours

• institutional respite — the ill person stays for a weekend, a week


or longer

• Palliative care -- home care for someone with a progressive, life-


threatening illness
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EFFECT OF CAREGIVING ON CAREGIVER

The demand for home care has skyrocketed, now that health care has
moved from the hospital back into the home.

Seniors — the main recipients of home care — are living longer


with chronic illnesses, disabilities and dementia. The current trend is
for seniors to receive care at home instead of being placed in long-
term care or chronic care institutions.
More and more people are receiving at home the kinds of care
that used to be provided in hospitals.
acute care — for acute illness and recovery from surgery
chronic care — for chronic physical illness and functional
disabilities
outpatient services — physiotherapy, occupational therapy,
counselling
outpatient services — physiotherapy, occupational therapy,
counselling
specialized medical services —chemotherapy, antibiotic
intravenous therapy
technology-dependent care — home oxygen therapy, dialysis,
respiratory therapy
This is a result of governments' health and social services restructuring
which has resulted in fewer hospital beds, shorter hospital stays,
outpatient surgery and care as well as the release of chronically and
mentally ill people into the community.

There is no uniformity of service


Home care is not covered under the Canada Health Act. Home care in
Canada is a patchwork quilt of programs and services managed by
provincial and territorial governments and delivered by local, regional
and municipal authorities. Each has its own definition of home care,
its own menu of home care services, its own set of eligibility criteria
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and its own built-in time limits and/or funding limits for the provision
of services.

The quality of care varies widely


There are no national standards for home care. Professional services
delivered by doctors, nurses and other health care professionals are
covered under the Canada Health Act and these professionals are
governed by their regulatory bodies. However, personal care services
which used to be supplied by trained nurses are now handled by a
variety of home care aides, attendants and home support workers who
may have little or no formal training in health or home care work.
Also, imposed time restraints can prevent care workers from fully
attending to their clients' needs.

Good help is hard to keep


Many home care workers earn little more than minimum wage, work
irregular hours, often under difficult conditions and do not qualify for
benefits. Yet they are being asked to perform increasingly complex
tasks. Many workers leave home care for more lucrative employment
in hospitals and long-term care institutions.
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Warning signs that a person may require care assistance:

• deteriorating physical or mental health

• poor hygiene

• missed meals

• malnutrition

• incontinence

• unsafe or unsanitary living conditions

• mental confusion

• memory problems

• signs of depression

• wandering

• poor judgment

• poor decision-making

• unpaid bills

• limited mobility

• inability to drive

• lack of access to transportation


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• lack of a social network

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