Primary Caregiver
(noun)
The person who takes primary responsibility for someone who cannot care fully for themselves.
Examples of Primary Caregiver in the following topics:
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Reactive Attachment Disorder
- RAD arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood.
- Such a failure could result from severe early experiences of neglect, abuse, abrupt separation from caregivers between the ages of six months and three years, frequent change of caregivers, or a lack of caregiver responsiveness to a child's communicative efforts.
- These approaches concentrate on increasing the responsiveness and sensitivity of the caregiver—or if that is not possible, placing the child with a different caregiver.
- Children need sensitive and responsive caregivers to develop secure attachments.
- RAD arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood.
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The Feminist Perspective
- In most family structures, the mother is both a biological parent and a primary caregiver.
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Deprivation and Development
- The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
- According to attachment theory, an infant needs to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver for social and emotional development to occur normally.
- The idea that separation from the female caregiver has profound effects is one with considerable resonance outside the conventional study of child development.
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Unmarried Mothers
- The prevalence of single mothers as primary caregiver is a part of traditional parenting trends between mothers and fathers.
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Replacing Family Functions
- In this scenario, females' role in the labor force is "compatible with the demands of the traditional family. " Sociology studies the adaptation of males' role to caregiver as well as provider.
- The dominant caregiver is the parent with whom the children reside the majority of the time; if the parents are separated or divorced, children live with their custodial parent and have visitation with their noncustodial parent.
- In western society in general, following separation a child will end up with the primary caregiver, usually the mother, and a secondary caregiver, usually the father.
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Parenthood
- Attachment Parenting: working strengthen the intuitive, psychological, and emotional bond between the primary caregiver and the child
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Attachment Theory
- Ainsworth's primary contribution to attachment theory comes in the form of a study known as the Strange Situation.
- Ainsworth identified four primary types of attachment: secure, avoidant, and resistant/ambivalent.
- They do not seem to mind when the caregiver leaves, and they treat the stranger in a similar fashion to the caregiver.
- Resistant/Ambivalent: Children with this form of attachment are unable to use the caregiver as a secure base, and they seek out the caregiver prior to separation.
- They are not easily calmed by the caregiver or the stranger, and they feel anxiety with the caregiver due to inconsistent attachment patterns.
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Child Care
- Almost twenty-six percent of families used organized child care facilities as their primary arrangement.
- In addition to these licensed options, parents may also choose to find their own caregiver or arrange child care exchanges/swaps with another family.
- Depending on the number of children in the home, the children utilizing in-home care enjoy the greatest amount of interaction with their caregiver, forming a close bond.
- There are no required licensing or background checks for in-home care, making parental vigilance essential in choosing an appropriate caregiver.
- Almost twenty-six percent of families used organized child care facilities as their primary arrangement .
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Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood
- There is no cure for dementia, but for people who suffer from these disorders and for their caregivers, many measures can be taken to improve their lives.
- These can include education and support for the caregiver and daily exercise programs or cognitive or behavioral therapies for the person with the disorder.
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Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders
- Psychotherapy is the primary treatment for borderline personality disorder.
- The primary forms of treatment for HPD itself involve psychotherapy, including cognitive therapy.