Beliefs About Caregiving Services Among Helping Professionals

<p>The research question of this study explores beliefs helping professionals have about caregiving services. The survey provided to participants of this study examined beliefs concerning what services are most important for caregivers to have access to, as well as what are the most significant barriers caregivers may experience when attempting to access or receive such services.</p> <p>Findings from this study indicate that the most important respite care services for caregivers to have access to include overnight/weekend care, access to short breaks and socialization, access to training/education, and support with providing activities of daily living for the care recipient. Findings from this study also indicate the most significant barriers to caregivers accessing or receiving services are misgivings about trusting another individual with the care of a loved one, feeling overwhelmed, and not being adequately prepared for the responsibilities of being a caregiver at discharge from a hospital setting. It is important for Social Work practitioners to be aware of the respite needs of caregivers, as well as potential barriers to accessing services that would help to address those needs.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Social Work

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted Thesis: Campus only access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Social Work

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hayes, Erik G.

Contributors dc:contributor

• McCaslin, Rosemary

• Caregiving
• Respite
• Helping Professionals
• Risk Factors
• Barriers
• Beliefs
• Social Work

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/171

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1234