GERIA-LEC_3NUR8_RLE-1B_ADVOCACY-MESSAGE

PONTIFICAL AND ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS College of Nursing A.Y. 2021 - 2022, 1st Term Care of Older Adult Advocacy: Caregiver Challenges A Safe Home is a Happy Home Ensuring Elderly Safety by Educating Caregivers on Home-based Interventions Submitted to: James B. Rabago, MD Submitted by: 3NUR8 - RLE 1B SALAYA, Rhea Marie C. SALAZAR, Juliana Therese P. SALAZAR, Nina Alecsandra C. SALONGA, Aaron Ian B.

PONTIFICAL AND ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS College of Nursing A.Y. 2021 - 2022, 1st Term MESSAGE An older client’s problem is a caregiver’s problem. The older client’s safety would be of great concern to home-based caregivers as the physiological changes of aging place them at risk for injuries or accidents. There is a high prevalence of injuries among older adults that occur within the household, which pose serious health concerns as they can escalate to disabling sequelae, morbidity, or mortality (Moncatar et al., 2020). With the progressive functional decline in older clients, there is now a greater dependence on their caregivers–with a significant responsibility being ensuring their safety in the household. Hands-on care and constant supervision needed to prevent injury pose a challenge to caregivers as feelings of physical, mental, or emotional exhaustion and stress may arise (Gérain, 2019). Furthermore, the lack of knowledge on care provision can also pose a challenge to caregivers (Strommen et al., 2020). Your contribution in spreading information for the education of caregivers to ensure the older population’s safety through preventive measures can help reduce the burden they carry.

PONTIFICAL AND ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS College of Nursing A.Y. 2021 - 2022, 1st Term REFERENCES Gérain, P., & Zech, E. (2019). Informal caregiver burnout? development of a theoretical framework to understand the impact of caregiving. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1748. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01748 Moncatar, T., Nakamura, K., Siongco, K. L., Rahman, M., & Seino, K. (2020). Prevalence and determinants of self-reported injuries among community-dwelling older adults in the Philippines: A 10-year pooled analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(12), 4372. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124372 Strommen, J., Fuller, H., Sanders, G. F., & Elliott, D. M. (2020). Challenges Faced by family caregivers: Multiple perspectives on eldercare. Journal Of Applied Gerontology : The Official Journal Of The Southern Gerontological Society, 39(4), 347–356. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464818813466