The Importance of Caregiver Support Groups
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Episode 5 - The Importance of Caregiver Support Groups
Today we wanted to take some time and talk about Caregiver Support Groups. We will discuss what they are and how families can benefit from them.
Some of you may have attended a Caregiver Support Group before and may be familiar with some of the benefits they offer. However, quite often when families are just starting to care for a loved one they aren’t readily aware of Caregiver Support Groups. This is typically more common than not. Especially, when you first find yourself caring for a loved one there are so many other needs, arrangements, appointments, and things that you may be the only one responsible for taking care of that and thinking about yourself or anything unrelated to the direct needs of your loved one can be found most of the time further down your to-do list and that is absolutely fine.
Here are some facts and statistics to consider from the Family Caregiver Alliance:
- Only 30% of caregivers provide care to their loved ones for less than a year.
- 24% of caregivers care for their loved ones more than 5 years.
- 15% of caregivers provide care for their loved ones for more than 10 years.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care, with discussions |
| 0:06.1 | on important AIDS-related matters and topics, brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, |
| 0:11.7 | the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by Top Rated Local. |
| 0:17.5 | Hello and welcome to Home Care Matters. Today we're going to talk to you about caregiver support groups. |
| 0:23.5 | We're going to discuss what they are and how families can benefit from them. Now, some of you may be |
| 0:29.7 | familiar with caregiver support groups or you may have heard of them, but not really realize what a |
| 0:36.3 | caregiver support group is all about. |
| 0:38.2 | So we thought it would be worthwhile to take some time |
| 0:41.1 | and tell you about some of the benefits of attending caregiver support groups. |
| 0:45.8 | But first, consider some of these facts and statistics |
| 0:48.5 | from the Family Caregiver Alliance. |
| 0:52.1 | Right now, only 30% of family caregivers who provide care to a loved one |
| 0:59.0 | are going to do so for less than a year. 24% of family caregivers who care for their loved ones |
| 1:06.6 | are going to be doing so for more than five years. And then finally, a staggering 15% of family caregivers who provide care to a family member |
| 1:16.6 | or a loved one will be doing so for more than 10 years. |
| 1:21.6 | Now, when considering the amount of time that these family caregivers are going to be committed to caring for a family |
| 1:29.4 | member or a loved one. You also have to consider that most of the time these are unpaid positions |
| 1:36.0 | and often they're sadly also unappreciated as well as these family caregivers are giving |
| 1:43.0 | of themselves and sacrificing their own personal commitments and obligations and sometimes their careers to care for a loved one in need of help and assistance. |
| 1:52.0 | Now, some of you may have attended a caregiver support group before and you may be familiar with some of the benefits they offer. |
| 2:00.0 | However, quite often when family members |
| 2:02.3 | are newly caring for a loved one, they're not really aware of caregiver support groups. This is |
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