scholarly journals Medication Management for People Living with Dementia: Development and Evaluation of a Multilingual Information Resource for Family Caregivers of People Living with Dementia

10.5772/64661 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Gillespie ◽  
Pippa Burns ◽  
Lindsey Harrison ◽  
Amanda Baker ◽  
Khin Win ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Information Resource

Sleep quality and medication management in family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with memory loss

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Ran Sun ◽  
Susan M. Sereika ◽  
Jennifer H. Lingler ◽  
Lisa K. Tamres ◽  
Judith A. Erlen
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
With Memory

scholarly journals Medication management concerns of ethnic minority family caregivers of people living with dementia

Dementia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn J. Gillespie ◽  
Lindsey Harrison ◽  
Judy Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Management

scholarly journals Pain Medication Management Processes Used by Oncology Outpatients and Family Caregivers Part II: Home and Lifestyle Contexts

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 784-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen L. Schumacher ◽  
Vicki L. Plano Clark ◽  
Claudia M. West ◽  
Marylin J. Dodd ◽  
Michael W. Rabow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Pain Medication ◽  
Management Processes

Family caregivers voice their needs: A photovoice study

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 701-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Angelo ◽  
Richard Egan
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Physical Demands ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Palliative Care Services ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Photovoice Methodology

AbstractObjective:Caregivers often are unprepared for their role yet serve as the frontline in the provision of palliative care services. The aim of our study was to explore family caregivers' experiences from their perspective as they cared for dying relatives.Method:Using the Photovoice methodology, ten unpaid family caregivers took photographs depicting issues they experienced as informal caregivers of an ill family member who had less than a year to live. Each participant met with the first author individually four to six times and explained their role as caregiver through photographs and stories.Results:The results were clustered into seven themes: physical demands, emotional/spiritual stress, preparing for the future, securing help, medication management, navigating the agencies, and relationships.Significance of results:Caregivers perform a variety of tasks, often under stress. This study highlights the main areas where problems lie and the areas that palliative care health professionals need to be aware of so they can assist and educate caregivers, with the goal of finding solutions to the burdens of care. The themes were found to be intertwined, showing the complexity of the caregiving role.

Predicting perceived medication-related hassles in dementia family caregivers

Dementia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nika R George ◽  
Ann M Steffen
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Prescription Medications ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Independent Variables

Objective This study examined predictors of medication administration hassles reported by intergenerational dementia family caregivers. Methods A sample of 53 women who aided a cognitively impaired older adult with healthcare and who identified as inter-generational caregivers provided self-report medication management and psychosocial data. Results Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that six independent variables hypothesized for this model, the total number of prescription medications managed by caregivers, educational attainment, care-recipient functional impairment, care-recipient cognitive impairment, caregiver depressive symptomatology, and self-reported feelings of preparedness for the caregiving role together significantly predicted caregiver medication administration hassles scores F(1, 48) = 4.90, p = .032, and accounted for approximately 25% of the variance of self-reported hassles (adjusted R2 = .247). Discussion Future interventions may reduce medication-related hassles by providing psychoeducation about healthcare, medication management, and strategies for coping with care-related stressors and depressed mood.

Organization, teamwork, and advocacy: Important skills needed by hospice family caregivers who manage medications.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (31_suppl) ◽  
pp. 121-121
Author(s):  
Jennifer Tjia ◽  
Maija Reblin ◽  
Celeste Lemay ◽  
Margaret Clayton ◽  
Lee Ellington
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Medication Administration ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Unintended Effects ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Life Issues ◽  
Drug Knowledge ◽  
Long Acting

121 Background: In the home hospice setting, family caregivers (CGs) often assume medication administration responsibilities traditionally performed by licensed nurses. Little is known about how to assess and support CG medication management skills. As part of an ongoing study of nurse-caregiver interactions in home hospice, we gathered data on CG medication management needs. Methods: A longitudinal, multicenter study of home hospice nurse visits captured audiorecorded communication between nurses and CGs. Participants included patients with cancer and their self-identified CGs who were recruited upon home hospice enrollment. The current sub-study included participants aged ≥65 and their family CGs from 7 hospice agencies. Two investigators independently coded transcriptions of the first audio recorded nurse home visit using a directive content analytic approach to map conversations to a previously published, interview-derived, framework for hospice medication management by CGs. Results: A total of 18 patients (mean age 76.5 [SD 10.7], 56% female) and their CGs (mean age 59.6 [SD13.4], 78% female) were included. Content analysis revealed that CG skills needed for medication management are not limited to drug knowledge. Complicated organizational skills are needed to track medication acquisition and dosing, record the use of short- and long-acting drugs with similar modes of action, and coordinate medication administration by multiple CGs. Teamwork skills are needed to help coordinate medication prescribing between specialist, primary, and hospice physicians. CGs also need symptom management skills regarding the proper selection of medications, as well as skills to manage side effects, inadvertent errors, and possible medication related-emergencies. CGs play a vital role in patient advocacy, alerting providers to the burden and quality of life issues related to medication use, including whether medications have intended or unintended effects, or are potentially unnecessary or causing harm. Conclusions: CGs must have multiple skills to effectively manage medications in home hospice. A systematic approach and intervention is needed to support CGs’ medication management skills.

scholarly journals Primary Caregivers of People with Severe Mental Illness Experience of Anti-Psychotic Medication: Findings from the Semi-Structured Interviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Abdalhadi Hasan ◽  
Hussein Tumah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Medication Compliance ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Specific Medication

BACKGROUND: Management of schizophrenia is now shifted to the community setting and family caregivers are the primary caregivers. Managing medications is a complex responsibility of family caregivers caring for patients with mental illness. Medication compliance contributes to improve health outcomes and reduced hospitalization for the care service users; however, little is known about attitudes and perception of family caregivers.METHODS: A purposeful sample of 21 family caregivers were included in the study. Semi-structured interview was employed to collect data from the participants between May and October 2015. Thematic analysis approach was used to identify the common pattern in the data.RESULTS: Four main themes emerged from the study: insight into illness (poor understanding of illness), treatment factor (thinking about medication, poor guidance for medication compliance), resources and support (availability of medication and cost of medication), health care provider factors (communication gap and poor assessment with follow-up, social dysfunction (social isolation, disruption in life routine).CONCLUSIONS: Responsibility for providing care for patients with mental illness are taken place in the community setting and cared by family caregivers. More information resources are required for this role, which requires specific medication management skills and knowledge.

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