Deck 12: Working With Older Adults Support Systems in Caregiving

Question 1

Burdens on caregivers

A) rely on formal support services are universal.
B) mostly rely on family and friends associated with increasing financial stress.
C) manage to take care of themselves only exist if the relationship with care receiver is conflictual.
D) will be out of luck as only exists if the care receiver has dementia.

Answer 1

mostly rely on family and friends associated with increasing financial stress.

Question 2

What factor(s) compromise the availability of family to be a caregiver?

A) Men lack caregiving experience.
B) LGBT individuals may be more socially isolated if they came out late in life.
C) Adult children are unwilling to provide care.
D) All of the above

Answer 2

All of the above

Question 3

What is meant by "thinking family" in creating a caregiving network?

A) Only consider biological family
B) Think about the needs of the individuals in the family
C) Think, outside of traditional family structures
D) Preserve family relationships and hire formal caregivers

Answer 3

Think, outside of traditional family structures

Question 4

The majority of women caregivers:

A) are primarily spouses, daughters, daughters- in law
B) are stay at home moms
C) generally, do not volunteer for the role
D) are likely to organize formal services for aging parents

Question 5

Culturally specific attitudes about caregiving:

A) Lead to more informal caregivers available to Hispanic, African-American and Asian-American older adults.
B) Half of white caregivers live with the care receiver
C) Fictive kin are unlikely to serve in caregiving roles
D) Asian Americans believe adult children should not care for aging parents

Question 6

Depression in caregivers is often caused by:

A) The care receiver having dementia
B) When the care receiver is a spouse
C) The caregiver feels socially isolated
D) Caregiver feels other family members don't appreciate his/her efforts to provide care

Question 7

Interventions to manage caregiver stress include:

A) Family and individual counseling
B) Interventions for management of behavior problems in care receiver
C) Relaxation training for the caregiver
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which statement is true about grandparents raising grandchildren?

A) Only 10% of grandparents raising grandchildren are White
B) "Grandfamilies" are often formed as the result of a crisis
C) Grandparents raising grandchildren have better health their peers who are not raising grandchildren
D) Grandparents raising grandchildren have easy access to housing options

Question 9

Grandchildren face challenges to being raised by grandparents.Which are correct statements?

A) The ambiguous legal relationship makes authorization for medical care or school enrollment difficult.
B) Grandchildren raised by grandparents face fewer mental health problems.
C) Children don't grieve the loss of their parents.
D) Grandchildren don't seem to be affected by the conflictual relationship between the grandparent and biological parent.

Question 10

When holding a family member who should not be invited to attend:

A) immediate and extended family
B) the older adult
C) family pets
D) neighbors and significant friends

Question 11

Which statements are true of care receivers?

A) Care receivers consistently provide emotional support for care givers
B) Older men are more likely to receive help from spouse than adult children
C) Older women receive help more often from adult children
D) People who are childless must rely on formal systems of care.

Question 12

What is meant by "thinking family" when creating a caregiving network?

Question 13

What are the particular challenges faced by the LGBT community in identifying caregivers?

Question 14

Describe how you might plan a family meeting and prospective agenda for the meeting.

Question 15

What are some of the challenges faced by caregivers in Hispanic, African -American and Asian-American ethnic group?

Question 16

Describe what is meant by caregiver burden and what are some strategies to alleviate it?

Question 17

Describe the family dynamics of an adult child -parent relationships that would be more or less likely to result in an informal caregiving relationships

Question 18

What are some of the challenges grandparents face in raising grandchildren? Describe interventions to support grandparents raising grandchildren.

Question 19

Describe the moderators of caregiving stress

Question 20

What kind of social work interventions would be useful to provide information and support to informal caregivers?