TSU Family Care Manager Support Systems
Project Partners
Participating churches
| Trinity United Methodist Church Dr. Robert McGee 2600 Holman 77004 3rd Ward |
Berean Seventh Day Adventist Pastor Willie S. Lee 2110 Emanuel 3rd Ward |
| Mt. Horeb Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Samuel H. Smith 118 West Gray 4th Ward |
Metropolitan CME Church Pastor W. E. Lockett 6424 Cullen Avenue Sunnyside Area |
| 3rd Ward Legal Services | Home Health Agency (Diversified Home Health
Care) |
Hypothesis
It is hypothesized that information shared during Family Support Group sessions will lower the stress level of family members who are responsible for directing and managing the care of older and terminal family members.
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Four Informational Programs will be conducted during the series of four Family Support Group Sessions at four targeted churches in the Greater 3rd Ward areas.
Process:
Step 1
During the first session a pre-test will be administered to assess the stress level of family care managers. Areas if assessments will include accessing health care services and accessing legal advise for family members.
Step 2
Thereafter, four support group sessions will be conducted that will include "how-to" on 1) power of attorney including living wills and advanced directivities for end-of-life decisions" ; 2) identifying and accessing health care services.
Step 3)
Drawing up legal documents
Step 4)
Accessing health care services
Step 5)
Post-test – measuring stress level
WHO – TSU will link with its partners (churches and community organizations) to convene family support groups for family members that are mangers of care for older family members. The aforementioned churches, a home health agency (Diversified Home Health Care); Texas Southern University Law School-Legal Clinic; 3rd Ward Legal Services will work together to carry out the support groups. Students from the department of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Law School with work together under the directive of faculty members to understand family systems and steps need to draw up stated legal documents.
WHAT – . Each of the participating churches will host weekly a series of Family Care Management Support Group Sessions on topics related to health and legal issues for elderly and terminal ill family members. The Family Support Groups will be formed to assist family members that are responsible for the care of the older or terminal ill family member to deal effectively will health and legal issues. Topics to be discussed will be Living Wills, Power of Attorney and estate planning. At the end of the series of support group sessions, family care managers will have or have information about power of attorney, including a living will, an estate plan, and advanced directive for end-of-life determination for themselves and family members that they manage care for
WHERE – Weekly Family Support Groups will be formed in four targeted Black Churches in the Greater 3rd Ward area.
WHEN – Each participating church will determine dates and times for Family Support Groups
WHY - Many family care managers do not have legal documents that give them directives to the wishes and level of care their older family members desire for end of life determination. In an effort to reduce the stress level that family care managers experience, the series of family support groups will provide information that will assist them in accessing health and legal services for family members that they provide guidance for. We believe that these informative sessions will reduce the stress level of family care managers.
3C MODEL "Reaching the Hard to Reach African-American Elderly Population
