Deck 3: Understanding Caregiver Challenges and Social Support Needs

Question 1

What percentage of U.S. households include a lay caregiver?

A) 10-20%
B) 20-30%
C) 30-40%
D) 40-50%
E) 50-60%

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Lay caregivers are also called _____ because they typically need some form of care, too.

A) Lay patients
B) Burdened caregivers
C) Family supporters
D) Second order patients
E) Strong ties

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to research by Segrin and Passalacqua (2010), which of the following matters most in explaining the impact of support on health?

A) Number of total relationships in the social network
B) Number of close relationships in the social network
C) Amount of contact with social network members
D) Amount of contact with health care providers

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The text mentions several different factors that can mediate the association between social support and health outcomes. Which of the following is one of the mediating factors?

A) Frequency of social network contact
B) Caregiver burden
C) Privacy management
D) Communication avoidance
E) Loneliness

Question 5

Social support improves which of the following aspects of illness?

A) Uncertainty management
B) Decision making
C) Quality of life
D) Illness disclosure

Question 6

Lay caregivers experience similar suffering and loss to what patients themselves experience.

Question 7

Social support directly impacts a person's health.

Question 8

Social suppot indirectly impacts a person's health.

Question 9

Support is always helpful.

Question 10

How is social support directly and indirectly related to health for patients and their caregivers?

Question 11

In Zhang and Siminoff (2003), what method did they use to collect data, how did they analyze the data, and what did they find?