Caregiving
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Caregiving
What is caregiving? Caregiving is providing physical and emotional care and attending to the needs of a dependent child or adult. Caregiving starts with taking care of oneself. It is one of the most important things to do as a caregiver. Personal care begins with making time for oneself. Creating a healthy environment and routine, including eating healthy foods and being active through exercises. Personal care and includes mental wellbeing. Consequently, mental stability plays a significant role in the comprehensive health of an individual. Furthermore, including positive, healthy practices to normal routine activities will help achieve the desired care given to oneself.
Spirituality is part of the comprehensive care for believers and families (Saundra, 2003). Needs for care receivers and caregivers include opportunities from religion such as prayer and communion. Specific approaches try to investigate and promote patients’ ability to manage stressors, that is, coping strategies, meditation, yoga, rituals, prayer, and spirituality (Arndt, 2014). Christianity uses prayer, while Buddhism uses meditation to an understanding of the world and themselves as a way to achieve a state of mindfulness and wellbeing. As a result, understanding the role spirituality plays in health, teaches people on the importance of caring for others.
Improvements in the quality of the care provided for dependent patients, adults, and children are aimed at raising the safety and efficiency of services offered and developing patient-centered facilities that are accessible to individuals in need. For-profit care organizations, they aim at focusing advancements customized to user experience and of services quality provided. In contrast, a nonprofit care organization focuses on the comprehensive care services offered and the accessibility of these services to patients.
Developments and advancements in the collective goals of the health care system to achieve better patient outputs and quality services provided have and will reach more significant milestones.
The collective aim in the health care system is to achieve better patient outcomes and system performance. Stakeholders in fields, including Administrative professionals, clinical providers, and physicians, will be included in projects and processes aimed at advancing health care and caregiving. Furthermore, creating suitable environments that are favorable and welcoming will make the inclusion process more proactive.
References
Bussing, A., Baumann, K., Neils, C., Puchalski, C., & Swinton, J. (2014). Spirituality and Health. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/682817.
Theis, S., Biordi, D., Coeling, H., Nelapka, C., & Miller, B. (2003). Spirituality in Caregiving and Care Receiving. Holist Nurs Pract. 17(1). Pp. 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004650-200301000-00010.
Amihai, I., & Kozhevnikov, M. (2015). The Influence of Buddhism Meditation Traditions on the Autonomic System and Attention. BioMed Research International. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/731579.
Horwitz, J. (2005). Making Profits and Providing Care: Comparing Nonprofit, For-profit, and Government Hospitals. Health Affairs. 24(3). https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.24.3.790.