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1 Needs Assessment Plan For a Support Group for Caregivers.

Overview

Caregiving has a negative impact on the mental health of the caregivers. It can as well have a negative effect on their physical health. 2 Care givers experience feelings of being overwhelmed and overworked yet assume these signs and symptoms of anxiety and stress. Due to these facts, caregivers require to be educate or educate themselves on the effective personal care needs and the resources accessible to help them in providing care.

1. 3 Needs assessment goal

1. It aims at gaining information about the stressors of the caregivers and the services that they would expect from a support program.

2. Information to be obtained

1. What are the challenges that the caregivers experience as they take care of their loved ones.

2. What techniques do the caregivers use to take care of stubborn patients or relatives?

3. What qualities should a caregiver have?

4. Which are the services that the caregivers expect from a support group?

3. Project members conducting the assessment

1. Social workers

2. Nurses

3. Counselors

4. Methods used to obtain information

4 It will be necessary to administer surveys and/or questionnaires. Questionnaires are beneficial to the respondents the data can be collected relatively quickly, economically, and easier to analyze. 2 Questionnaires serve to record the performance of a specified group and collect feedback. Caregivers are mostly found at nursing homes and/or medical facilities, so these are the first places to look when finding caring to question. 3 They would be provided a Linker scale type questionnaire with pre-coded responses in regard to self-care, knowledge of available resources, and support/resource, and health and wellness. 2 Survey results should show if participants benefit from resources being provided in any of the aforementioned areas (Tuthy & Rothery, 2010).

5. Potential Solution

1. 5 A support group program for caregivers. 4 These programs can be used to bring together caregivers who take care of family members and share similar experiences.

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5.1.1. 6 The support group program activities

1. Categorize emotional and social requirements of the caregivers.

2. 2 Participant will have 7 weeks of training where they will acquire the skills for self-care and relationship development.

3. Social workers will give the caregiver the weekly psycho training sessions to deal with the recognized needs

4. The social workers will provide resources such as community support and local agencies that may provide assistance to the caregivers (Dudley, 2014).

5. The Social workers will at times relieve them the burden of care giving and offer some assistance.

5.1.2 Resources required by the support group

1. A local hospital or a small auditorium that can be used to hold meetings.

2. Funders that will help get income to help those caregivers who may be experiencing some financial issues.

3. A leader who is active and has the ability to maintain interest in the group.

4. Counselors

5.1.3 The program’s desired outcomes

1. Reduce the feelings of isolation among the caregivers.

2. Help caregivers learn on healthy coping skills.

3. Reduce depression, anxiety or distress.

4. Assist caregivers to improve their caregiving skills

7 5.1.4: Follow up techniques

2 After attending the program all the participants will be requested to fill in a client satisfaction questionnaire form. This research will offer insights on how satisfied or dissatisfied the caregivers are with the program. This will help the management to identify the areas that they should improve.

6. Conclusion

2 In conclusion, a follow-up needs assessment would be carried out to identify and evaluate the costs related to the program and its productiveness. As an evaluator, my issues will rely on specific prerequisites having been put into perspective. For example I will find out if the best practices being integrated in the program activities and if thee caregivers have noted any changes due to the services from the program. 2 Client participation have an effect on the results of the program, thus attendance logs will be reviewed at the end of the program meetings.

References

Dudley, J. R. (2014). 2 Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do. Journal of Community Practice, 22(4).

Tutty, L. 6 M., & Rothery, M. A. (2010). Needs assessments. In B. 8 Thyer (Ed.), The handbook of social work research methods, 149–162