What makes nursing support of caregivers so important for health ...

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What makes nursing support of caregivers so important for health care in the United States?
 
  a. Family members providing care in the home are the best caregivers.
  b. Eighty percent of caregiving takes place in the home of the older adult.
  c. The health care system reimburses families for caregiving from Medicare.
  d. Informal caregiving saves the health care system enormous sums of money.

Question 2

Which is a true statement about loss, dying, and death for older adults?
 
  a. Men and women tend to respond similarly to the loss of a spouse.
  b. Visions, hallucinations, and an inability to communicate in a logical, sustained manner on the part of a person who has lost a spouse are not normal grief reac-tions and should be regarded as signs of underlying defects.
  c. After a period of grief adjustment that may last as long as 4 years, a bereaved elder may emerge with a new and stronger identity.
  d. Bereaved persons regain their normal capability about 6 months after loss, and regressive behavior after that time should be discouraged.

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Answer to Question 1

D
The value of caregiving is estimated at 257 billion; therefore informal caregiving is a huge sav-ings for the health care system that it might potentially be unable to provide in the event that it was called to do so.
Although family members can be the most convenient and are the least expensive, they do not necessarily make the best caregivers. Family members provide 80 of the caregiving for older adults. Caregiving is not an expense for which Medicare reimburses the family.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Incorrect. Widowers often suffer greater vulnerability and adjust to bereavement more slowly than widows.
B Incorrect. All these reactions are common in the first several months of be-reavement.
C Correct. With adequate support from others in many roles, a person can be inte-grated into a new life after 2 to 4 years.
D Incorrect. A bereaved person ordinarily is beginning to recover personal control and capability about this time; at first this is sporadic and interspersed with pe-riods of depression.