Students will identify a family caregiver from their professional or personal experience and conduct an interview. The family caregiver should be an unpaid, informal caregiver taking care of a loved one. For example, you could interview a spouse/partner caring for his or her spouse/partner or an adult child taking care of a parent, etc.
The assessment will address the following:
Part 1: Summary of caregiving relationship/situation
Include the demographics of the caregiver–Age, gender, ethnic background, relationship status, children (living, deceased), employment status, educational level, living arrangements.
Include the social functioning of the caregiver–Identify social and support systems and person’s ability to participate within these systems. Describe a typical day for this person.
Part 2: Assessment: The interview should include open-ended and close-ended questions to assess the following pieces of information:
Type (tasks) and frequency of care provided;
Skills necessary to provide the care;
Additional responsibilities or stressors that affect care provision;
What formal services are received;
Your assessment of the caregiver’s overall health status (mental and physical);
Values and preferences of the care recipient and caregiver (including culture, spirituality, and/or religion)
Your assessment of how able the caregiver is to continue with care; and
What additional formal services may be needed.
Include your impressions and recommendations regarding interventions– how do you think the caregiver is doing, what concerns you have that maybe the caregiver did not mention, and include possible interventions or services to address concerns/problems, including enhancing current services to meet the need.
Include one standardized measure discussed in Gaugler, Kane and Langlois (2000) and administer the instrument during your interview– discuss your findings and provide a written argument for why you selected the measure you used.
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