As younger generations get older and begin living their own lives it seems they begin neglecting and ignoring the older generations. That is until something bad happens to their health or living conditions. So, us as their children must start deciding what would be good for them if a plan has not already been discussed and placed. So, what are the options? Most people jump right to the idea that they can care and provide for their elderly parents but soon realize that is almost impossible. With no training, assistance, or adequate financial stability, caring for an older person and yourself can be extremely difficult. The caregiver could cause injury to the elder or themselves through lifting and other activities that involve moving the elder …show more content…
These bugs can easily be spread in areas like nursing facilities since the residents do share rooms, sit close during meals, and use the same equipment. They are also easily spread if they are brought in by some visitors such as friends or family members. In the case of lice, the facility must remove all bedding, clothing, and objects lice could possibly live on. The items are taken to the laundry room and treated accordingly to Indiana laws. The resident and their roommate are then treated with a lice kit you could find at any drug store. Fortunately, most facilities have an available hairdresser that works in a salon located in the nursing facility. The hairdresser can spot lice and alert the nursing staff of such cases. The nursing staff is then meant to contact the family members that had recently visited the facility, so they can get checked, treated, and not carry them back inside. Roberta was asked how often lice cases were present in a nursing facility and she said lice cases happen around every three to six months. They happen more often around the start of school as young visitors will bring them into the facility. Then Roberta was asked how often bed bugs and roach cases were present in most facilities. She responded saying that she had never seen a roach problem and only witnessed one case of bedbugs. Because of the bedbugs everything was taken out of the infected room and then had the residents switch rooms while the building was being treated by an
Roberto, K. A., & Jarrott, S. E. (2008, January). Family Caregivers of Older Adults: A Life Span Perspective. Family Relations , 100-111.
In some cases, prescription or over the counter medications applied directly to the lesions may be helpful. Examples include:
(Davidson, F. G.) Due to the nature of dementia being a neuropsychological disorder, those affected by the disease tend to look like they will not require much care, which, in reality, they often require more care than the caregiver originally expected, leading to stress and burnout. Another effect caused by this can be the caregiver blaming themselves by feeling like they are failing to give proper care, which, in reality, can often be very far from the truth. If the caregiver does not receive help from anyone else, the task of watching over the victim becomes a daunting twenty for hour task. Sometimes, the caregiver won’t be allowed quality sleep. Over 66 percent of home caregivers suffer from some form of psychological or physical illness. The most common illness that is resulted from giving care to Alzheimer’s disease is depression. The caregiver needs to monitor their emotional well-being as well as the well-being as the person that they are giving care to. Usually, giving care to those with dementia is actually more stressful than giving care to those with cancer. When the caregiver is a family member and not a professional, the emotional toll is often even greater. It is important for caregivers to remember that they need to take care of themselves first and
Mollie is the patient in our case study. Mollie lives with her daughter and son in law, both in their 70’s. A home health aide assists Mollie five days a week for three hours each day. At age 94, Mollie is an older adult, considered to be part of a vulnerable population, at risk for hearing, visual and mobility deficits. This at risk population can experience changes in cognitive or physical status making the activities of daily living difficult to perform (Meiner, 2011). As people like Mollie age, gradually becoming less able to function independently, their grown children, potential caregivers, may be preoccupied with the demands of their own lives and not prepared to care for an older
If an older individual is not given the proper care in an assisted living home, it will damage the well being of the individual. “Resident independence with ADLs
The increase in older numbers has increases the political and social influence in the hands of older adults like never before. Now-a-days people are living 30 to 40 years longer than they did a century ago. Todays’ older adults are more educated,
With the aging population growing faster every year many families must make a difficult decision whether their loved ones should live in assisted living or nursing home facilities. I can relate because I made the decision to care for my mother at my home. Some people do not have the money or resources to care for their parent so they must live in a facility for health and safety reasons.
They should be able to have their private pensions in addition to social security (Hosansky). One major solution could be reducing the social security benefits to 50% for future generations.By dividing how much one can receive from the government, a person is able to receive 50% of their 401(k) and 50% of social security while being able to receive full benefits. That will allow future generations to live as our elderly are living now. While some may argue that people are not frugal and may not have much in their private pensions for a 50/50 deal, there are classes in high school that teach students financial responsibility. High school finance should be a mandatory class for everyone to take. That way the government can insure that teenagers are being taught to be financially
generations now, move older people into rest homes and try to keep them out of
Today, world’s population is aging at a very fast pace and United States is no exception to this demographic change. According to the U.S Census Bureau, senior citizens will be accounted for 21% of the American population in 2050 (Older Americans, 2012). Although living longer lives may not seem like a negative sign, living longer does not necessarily mean living healthier. Older adults of today are in need of long-term and health care services more than any generation before them (Older Americans, 2012). Because of the growing need for senior care, millions of families are facing critical decisions on how to provide care for their parents. In addition, declining birthrates may cause people to have less familial care and support as they age. To be able to provide the necessary care for senior citizens government funded long term care insurance program is needed.
As you can imagine, the financial cost and responsibility of caring for an aging parent are not the only demands family members must face. Most of the concerns and hardships these caregivers deal with are ways to address the needs of their parents while making sure they still provide them with the necessities. Eldercare creates a complex situation in which traditional roles of parent/child relationships are revealed. You may already be in that position or soon looking at it of being part of the 'sandwich generation', providing support for your own children as well that of your parents. Physically as well as financially.
Weeks, S. K (1995). What are the educational needs of prospective Family Caregivers of newly disabled adults? Rehabilitation Nursing, 20(5), 256 – 60, 272.
Patient’s personal hygiene is a vital part of the nurse’s role. Young (1991) described cleanliness as a basic human right, not a luxury the need for the patient to physically cleansing and which would include skin, hair and nails.
Caregiver abuse is another issue that occurs in retirement homes which are also underreported. Caregiver abuse can be physical, verbal, emotional, neglect, financial and social. CTV staff of W5 had reported that fifteen-hundred cases of staff-to-residents abuse in nursing homes in Canada (Sourtzis & Bandera, 2015). The news channel mentions that the number of senior’s abuse and neglect cases is likely to be higher, based on those that do not report the abuse. One case they highlighted was the story of Margaret Warholm, a seventy-four-year old mother who was placed in Santa Maria Senior Citizen’s Home by her family. Her family had carefully selected this home to treat their mom’s spinal problems. When Margaret’s symptoms worsen, staff members were advised that she was to remain in bed and not be moved for any reason. One day, two staff members tried to move Margaret from her bed to a wheelchair. They dropped her on the floor and did not inform the family of the incident.
When the elderly person moves into a family’s home they are then put in very close contact with the family and may be in this close contact for an extended period of time. The aforementioned tension caused by the financial burden of taking in the elderly person may lead to hard feelings of the family towards the elderly person. These feelings may themselves lead to elder abuse or may just continue to stack up against the elderly person until someone in the family makes the decision to start to abuse the elderly