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everybody to today's presentation on common issues facing caregivers and family caregivers. I'm your host,

Dr. Donnellyce Snipes. In this presentation, we'll define caregivers and family caregivers,

go figure, explore how caregiving impacts each piece of life, and explore how caregiving

distress can negatively impact the welfare of not only the

caregiver, but also the cared for person. In terms of this presentation, a couple definitions,

a cared for person is someone who needs assistance to stay safe or with ADLs.

This can be children.

You know, children can't cook, can't go to the grocery store.

They need caregivers.

People with certain disabilities who are unable to live independently.

And older adults who may be struggling with aging in place or unable to live independently.

That's really who we're talking about today.

Any human being that requires assistance because they are not able to live totally independently.

A caregiver is anyone who helps care for someone.

And before the class started, I had a question about whether we were going to talk about nannies.

And that's not really what I had in mind for this presentation, but a lot of what we're going to talk about

is applicable because there are the same sorts of issues are going to arise, whether you're

caring for children or you're caring for someone with a disability or someone who is older,

and even to a great extent, someone who's in hospice.

What I'm talking about with caregivers today,

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