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Research On Carer Retreat | Health Issues In Care Taking Industry

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Report of 2017 Carers Retreat conducted by Pure Magic International BusinessSolutions Pty LtdIntroduction According to research it likely that five will become carers in one point of their lives. This task of caring comes with responsibility and some cherish this rewarding experience. In many cases caring task have negative impact both on mental and physical wellbeing of an older person? Thismay include depression which is persistent felling of sadness and mental wellbeing which is howindividual measure life scale both positive and negative feelings (English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, 2007). Princess Trust for Carers found that those age 60-69 years and are carer were at risk of emotionaldistress. This was due to working for money at the same time caring their beloved. The research also found that both male and female exposed to long term caring were at a higher risk of depression. This depression resulted to some existing caring role.Australian society health profile has undergone many variations over the last two decades. AustralianPopulation has aged, with the incidence of disability and lingering illness increasing, and living longer with disabilities (AIHW 2006a). As compared to other population group in Australia carers has low income and lower living standard this result to poor health and wellbeing.Methodology The research applied experiment design where two cohorts were exposed to various training and environment. The two cohorts were made of people who cared for those with challenges associated with Ageing (such as Dementia and Alzheimer’s) and the second group was made up of people taking care of those with Mental Health Issues. The two retreats were held at Coolangatta Estate in South Sydney. The environment condition was relaxed and fit for education. The workshops were design to train the participants the following dealing with stress, enhancing their resilience and being more focused on self-care.After being exposed to the following training the participants were asked to fill some questionnaires on how the training was of help to them. The questions were asked pre training and post training on well being of participants. The data was the entered in Excel 2007, cleaned and analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and visualize the data such as histogramand bar chart.
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Results and discussionsRetreat onePart A; Aged/ Dementia carers1.Description of Carers18to30years31to40years41to50years61to70years71to80years81yearsandover0123456What is your age?AgeThe participants aged were between ages of 41- over 81 years with majority being in age bracket of 71-80 years. The carers participated in the training were aged person. They provided care to family member with chronic majority, threatening illness and few provided care to age spouses and spouses with dementia, none took care of person less than 30 years with disability. The participants attended the course mainly because they wanted to learn new skills and meet other carers and establish friends, this may be need to release depression and hear from others as way of relief. Majority of carers were females with responsibility of taking care their spouse who had either dementia or illness.
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048Why did you choose to attend the course? Please tick as many as possible.reason for participation2.Important of informationMajority of those who participated in learning workshop found the session either very useful or useful. The information acquire was rated very important in assisting them with caring duty. None of the respondents was unsatisfied with the information provided by Caryn Walsh. The participant found information provided by Caryn Walsh more satisfying as compared to the one provided by commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre. Although the whole information delivered was satisfying.1 = not satisfied23 = Satisfied45 = Very satisfied012345678910Overall Satisfaction of Information deliveredInformation provided by Caryn WalshInformation provided by Commonwealth Respite and Carelink CentreOverall Satisfaction with the retreat3.Course evaluation
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02468Q1. Did the training meet its objectivesMet ExpectationsNot ApplicableThe training provided learning platform for carers, provided environment to provide social inclusion, also strengthened and keep carers motivated in caring role and ability of accessing other people. This will help to great positive wellbeing and reduce depression. All the participants were happy and satisfy with the training.LocationRoomSetupRoomtemperatureRoomacousticsAppropriateuseoftechnology0246810Q2a. Training EnvironmentMet ExpectationsNot applicable
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