Learning Plan 1 Assignments LP1 Assignment: Caregiving Interviews This assignment will assess the competency 1. Analyze basic measures of health status and health services utilization as a continuum....

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CAREGIVING INTERVIEWS
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Caregiving Interviews
Overview of Different Types of Caregivers
Caregiving is not only a noble task, but it is also a humanitarian aspect that has to be
fulfilled in the right manner. Those who are in need of care must be provided care thoroughly for
the sake of sustaining the principles of humanity. There are different types of caregivers – some
of whom are professionals and some others provide care out of love and compassion without
expecting anything in lieu. In the sphere of family life, a family member may act as a caregiver
to another family member who is in need of care, and such caregiving is usually out of a sense of
esponsibility or love or attachment. But in the professional realm of caregiving, caregivers can
e divided into multiple categories. It is noteworthy that, “A family caregiver is someone who
provides emotional, financial, nursing, social, homemaking, and other services on a daily or
intermittent basis for a family member or a friend” (Benton Hospice Service, 2013). Then there
are long distance caregivers who provide emotional support to a primary caregiver, and also
coordinates services, including a
anging for domestic help or for in-home care (Benton Hospice
Service, 2013). Long distance caregivers may perform the management of medical bills or
ecords along with traveling for personal visits (Benton Hospice Service, 2013). Professional
caregivers, on the other hand, are usually hired in lieu of a specific remuneration. These
caregivers have the capacity to provide both medical and non-medical care in the home or in a
specific care facility (Benton Hospice Service, 2013). Professional caregivers may be sub-
categorized into non-certified aides or assistants who provide “custodial, supportive, long-term
personal care services which may also include housekeeping, meal preparation, and
companionship” (CarePathways, 2017). Another professional form of caregiving is embodied by
homemakers who usually fall under non-certified category of caregivers, and they are usually
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given the responsibility of performing light household duties like meal preparation, laundry, etc
(CarePathways, 2017). Chore workers, another type of non-certified caregiver, are employed for
performing heavier types of cleaning like washing windows, and it should be noted that both
homemakers and chore workers should be under someone’s supervision as they are, by rule, not
supposed to provide direct personal care (CarePathways, 2017). Then there are certified nursing
assistants (CNAs) and home health aides (HHAs) who usually constitute home health care team
that is placed under the supervision of other healthcare professionals like registered nurses and
ehab therapists (CarePathways, 2017). It is noteworthy that while non-certified caregivers are
often paid privately by their private employers, “CAN’s and HHA’s services, when employed by
Medicare/Medicaid licensed home health agencies, may be reimbursed when certain
equirements are met. These requirements include working under supervision of licensed
professionals and a physician approved plan of care authorizing supplemental aide services to
skilled care” (CarePathways, 2017). Apart from the aforesaid professionals, there are the
licensed practical nurses (LPN) and licensed vocational nurses (LVN) that are qualified to
perform certain duties that fall under the category of skilled nursing procedures, and they must
work under supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or a physician. They are either privately paid
or are reimbursed through some specific policies like Medicare or Medicaid. Registered Nurses
(RNs), on the other hand, “are competent to perform all aspects of skilled nursing care in
addition to supervising other members of the health team including LPN’s/LVN’s, CNA’s,
and/or HHA’s” (CarePathways, 2017). Therapists and social workers also come under the
category of caregivers. But social workers often work as philanthropists without the expectation
of any monetary gain or return while therapists are professionals who are either paid privately or
through any governmental policy to which their employers adhere.
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Interview
i. A Care Recipient
Interviewer: What are your major health problems?
Care Recipient: I am suffering from hypertension and sciatica. But what is more wo
isome is
that, I have been also diagnosed with diabetes.
Interviewer: How many doctors do you see and how often?
Caregiver: Primarily, I am consulting two doctors. I am visiting the doctors twice a month.
Interviewer: How long have you had a chronic condition? How long have you needed help?
Caregiver: I am having chronic hypertension for about six years. I have been in need of help for
long, but for the last two years I have attended by professional...