Care4U: Self Management Intervention for Older Adult Caregivers
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 65 - Any |
| Updated: | 2/7/2015 |
| Start Date: | March 2013 |
| End Date: | August 2013 |
| Contact: | Paula S Schulz, PhD |
| Email: | pschulz@unmc.edu |
| Phone: | 402.472.7336 |
Older adults caring for others often neglect their own health. This research is being done
to see if helping caregivers focus on their own needs can improve their health and ability
to care for others
to see if helping caregivers focus on their own needs can improve their health and ability
to care for others
Inclusion Criteria:
- Describes self as an informal Caregiver of patient who has undergone cardiac surgery
(revascularization, valve, or combination)and performs ≥1 activity of daily living or
instrumental activity of daily living for the patient
- ≥ 65 years
- Self-reports ≥1 modifiable cardiovascular risk (hypertension, hyperlipidemia,
physical inactivity, obesity)
- Lives in the same residence with patient
- Oriented to person, place, and time (asking the subject to state their name, where
he/she is (for example what building, town and state) and what time it is (time, day,
date)
- Able to hear, and speak and read English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Permanent residence in skilled or assisted care facility
- Participation in 3 times per week exercise during the past 6 months. -
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