These diagrams attempt to show the people involved in a person’s family caregiving activities and the nature of their involvement. They show who cares for whom, what they do, how often they do it, and how near they are geographically. The data was generated by interviewing a family caregiver. To determine the participants in the…
These diagrams show all the care activities done by a person on one particular day — what the activities were, when they were done, and in some instances how long the activity took. They are helpful to see how much the person has to do, the sheer variety and number of activities, as well as how…
Unlike many small, acute health issues, like the healing of a cut, managing a chronic health condition is a lifetime activity. It is often difficult, and the journey from diagnosis to stable health is never a simple, unidirectional path. The model Continuous Cycle of Health Self-Management depicts key stages on the spectrum of unstable to…
