Context |
Caregiver relationship to care recipient |
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Physical environment (home, facility) |
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Household status (number in home, etc.) |
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Financial status |
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Quality of family relationships |
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Duration of caregiving |
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Employment status (work/home/volunteer) |
Caregiver's perception of health and functional status of care recipient |
Activities of daily living (ADLs; bathing, dressing) and need for supervision |
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Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs; managing finances, using the telephone) |
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Psychosocial needs |
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Cognitive impairment |
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Behavioral problems |
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Medical tests and procedures |
Caregiver values and preferences |
Caregiver/care recipient willingness to assume/accept care |
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Perceived filial obligation to provide care |
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Culturally based norms |
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Preferences for scheduling and delivery of care and services |
Well-being of the caregiver |
Self-rated health |
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Health conditions and symptoms |
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Depression or other emotional distress (e.g., anxiety) |
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Life satisfaction/quality of life |
Consequences of caregiving |
Perceived challenges |
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Social isolation |
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Work strain |
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Emotional and physical health strain |
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Financial strain |
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Family relationship strain |
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Perceived benefits |
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Satisfaction of helping family member |
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Developing new skills and competencies |
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Improved family relationships |
Skills/abilities/knowledge to provide care recipient with needed care |
Caregiving confidence and competencies |
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Appropriate knowledge of medical care tasks (wound care, etc.) |
Potential resources that caregiver could choose to use |
Formal and informal helping network and perceived quality of social support |
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Existing or potential strengths (e.g., what is presently going well) |
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Coping strategies |
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Financial resources (healthcare and service benefits, entitlements such as Veteran's Affairs, Medicare) |
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Community resources and services (caregiver support programs, religious organizations, volunteer agencies) |