Knowra Caregiver burden Caregiver burden Caregiver burden is the physical, emotional, social, and financial strain associated with providing ongoing care. It can affect caregivers’ health, relationships, work, and quality of life.
Stress process model : A framework explaining how stressors, personal resources, and social context shape health outcomes. It maps how care demands and resources produce different forms of burden.
Caregiver burnout : A state of physical and emotional exhaustion associated with prolonged caregiving demands. It is a severe exhaustion outcome of sustained, insufficiently supported care.
Zarit Burden Interview : A questionnaire measuring perceived burden among people caring for someone with illness or disability. It is a widely used instrument for assessing subjective caregiver burden.
Caregiver strain index : A questionnaire assessing strain across financial, physical, social, and emotional aspects of caregiving. Unlike the broader concept, this is a particular instrument for measuring strain.
Caregiving stress : Psychological and physiological stress arising from responsibilities for another person’s care. It describes a central pathway through which sustained care demands affect caregivers.
Caregiver depression : Depressive symptoms or depressive disorder occurring in a person who provides care. Care-related strain is associated with elevated risk of depressive symptoms.
Caregiver assessment : A structured evaluation of a caregiver’s needs, strengths, health, and support requirements. Assessment translates burden into specific needs that services can address.
Compassion fatigue : Emotional and physical exhaustion associated with repeated exposure to others’ suffering, especially in helping roles. It emphasizes exposure to suffering, whereas caregiver burden includes practical and financial demands.
Caregiver role strain : Tension that arises when caregiving responsibilities conflict with other roles, needs, or expectations. Conflicting family, work, and care duties can turn demands into persistent strain.
Caregiver health : The physical and mental health status of people providing care to others. Burden is one way caregiving conditions can affect caregivers’ overall health.
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