Caregiver+burden

Definition :
toc A term for the cumulative negative effects of caring for an elderly or disabled person. (Chapter 16, Pages 469-470)

A carer/caregiver is someone who is responsible for the care of someone who has poor mental health, is physically disabled or whose health is impaired by sickness or old age.

Alcohol use has a role in caregiver burden in two different ways. In some cases, alcohol is the direct or indirect cause of the health or other problems that the person receiving care is experiencing (e.g. the older person may have peripheral neuropathy, or esophageal cancer resulting from long term alcohol use; excessive drinking can raise blood pressure, leading to increased risk of stroke; or the older person has other health problems and also has alcohol use problems). In other cases, the person giving care is struggling with giving care, and alcohol use becomes one of the person’s ways to handle the caregiver burden/ stress.

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Some research suggests that those who care for frail elders are more often ill themselves or often have some reduced efficiency of immune system function.

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Here is an example on how to manage caregiver stress. media type="youtube" key="QUANPHCfXjo" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="NV-vktP-e_s" height="315" width="560"Mindfulness to give better practice and quality to caregivers.

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