Relationship to caregiver

Relationship to care recipient (CGREL)

Live in same house as care recipient (CGHOUSE)
Services received

Receive in-home respite care svc? (CGSVC03)

Receive adult day respite care svc? (CGSVC04)

Receive respite care? (CGSVC05)

Receive adult day care? (CGSVC06)

Receive case management? (CGSVC07)

Receive homemaker service? (CGSVC08)

Receive home health aide svc? (CGSVC09)

Receive home-delivered meals? (CGSVC10)

Receive grocery service? (CGSVC11)

Receive chore service? (CGSVC12)

Receive transportation service? (CGSVC13)

Receive information about services? (CGSVC14)

Receive assistance w/ access to svcs? (CGSVC15)

Receive indiv caregiver counseling? (CGSVC16)

Receive caregiver training? (CGSVC17)

Receive caregiver support group svc? (CGSVC18)

Rate in-home respite care service (CGQUL03)

Need more in-home respite care? (CGMOR03)

Rate adult day respite care service (CGQUL04)

Need more adult day respite care? (CGMOR04)

Rate respite care (CGQUL05)

Need more respite care? (CGMOR05)

Rate adult daycare (CGQUL06)

Need more adult daycare? (CGMOR06)

Rate case management svc (CGQUL07)

Need more case management? (CGMOR07)

Rate homemaker service (CGQUL08)

Need more homemaker service? (CGMOR08)

Rate home health aide svc (CGQUL09)

Need more home health aide svc? (CGMOR09)

Rate home-delivered meals (CGQUL10)

Need more home-delivered meals? (CGMOR10)

Rate grocery service (CGQUL11)

Need more grocery service? (CGMOR11)

Rate chore service (CGQUL12)

Need more chore service? (CGMOR12)

Rate transportation service (CGQUL13)

Need more transportation service? (CGMOR13)

Rate information about services (CGQUL14)

Need more information about services? (CGMOR14)

Rate assistance w/ access to svcs (CGQUL15)

Need more assist w/ access to svcs? (CGMOR15)

Rate indiv caregiver counseling (CGQUL16)

Need more indiv caregiver counseling? (CGMOR16)

Rate caregiver training (CGQUL17)

Need more caregiver training? (CGMOR17)

Rate caregiver support group svc (CGQUL18)

Need more caregiver support grp svc? (CGMOR18)
What additional services/information would be valuable?

Help with housekeeping (CGNEW01)

Help with shopping (CGNEW02)

Help with transportation/going places (CGNEW03)

Help with making meals (CGNEW04)

Help with personal care (CGNEW05)

Help administering medicines (CGNEW06)

Help get family members to caregive (CGNEW07)

Financial support (CGNEW08)

Respite care or adult daycare (CGNEW09)

Money management assistance (CGNEW10)

Home maintenance service (CGNEW92)

Information/education service (CGNEW93)

Companion check service (CGNEW94)

Help line (central place to call) (CGINF01)

Counseling/support group (CGINF02)

Info on care recipient's condition (CGINF03)

Info on legal changes affecting you (CGINF04)

Info on selecting care facility (CGINF05)

Info on how to pay for nursing home (CGINF06)

Help dealing w/ agencies to get svcs (CGINF07)
Overall questions about the service

How satisfied w/ services received? (CGSATIS)

Svcs help you be a better caregiver (CGHELP)

Svcs help you care for longer time? (CGCARLG)
Experiences as a caregiver

Help w/ dress/eat/bathe in last mo.? (CGACTI01)

Help w/ med needs in last mo.? (CGACTI02)

Help track bills/finance in last mo.? (CGACTI03)

Help meals/laundry/clean in last mo.? (CGACTI04)

Help take shopping/Dr. in last mo.? (CGACTI05)

Anyone relieve you from caregiving? (CGRELEF)

# family/friends provide unpaid care (CGFAMIL)
Questions about work

B/c of caregiving, stopped working (CGYOU01)

B/c of caregiving, retired early (CGYOU02)

B/c of caregiving, less demanding job (CGYOU03)

B/c of caregiving, took part time job (CGYOU04)

B/c of caregiving, reduced work hours (CGYOU05)

B/c of caregiving, lost benefits (CGYOU06)

B/c of caregiving, had time conflicts (CGYOU07)

B/c of caregiving, used vacation time (CGYOU08)

B/c of caregiving, leave of absence (CGYOU09)

B/c of caregiving, lost a promotion (CGYOU10)

B/c of caregiving, out early/in late (CGYOU11)

Current employment status (CGWORK)
How caregiving affects caregiver

Most positive aspect of caregiving (CGBEST)

Caregiving created health problems? (CGHLTH)

Biggest difficulty faced in caring? (CGDIF)
Background questions

Disability that affects caregiving? (CGDISAB)

Any other person you care for? (CGCAROT)

Number of other persons you care for (CGMANY)
Screening questions

How long ago last used this svc (TRDAYSGC)
Service frequency

# local, 1-way trips/month make w/ svc (TRMONTHC)

# local trips using svc in avg month (TRPROP)
Usual mode of travel

For most local trips,how do you travel (USUTRAVL)
Where get on vehicle?

Where get on transportat svc vehicle (TRGTSON)
Overall experience with the service

How often are the vehicles comfortable (TRFRE05)

How often vans easy to get in/out of (TRFRE06)

How often at destination on time (TRFRE07)

How often drivers pick up when should (TRFRE08)

How often informed if ride cancelled (TRFRE09)

How often get to places want to go (TRFRE10)

How often do the trips take too long (TRFRE11)

How often are the drivers polite (TRFRE12)

How often drivers help in/out of van (TRFRE13)

How often drivers help in/out of homes (TRFRE14)

How often get the # rides you need (TRFRE15)

How often get rides at needed time/day (TRFRE16)

How often have info to schedule trips (TRFRE17)

Get around more than before the svc (TREXP18)

Would recommend svc to a friend? (TREXP19)

Rate the transportation service (TRRATE)
Transportation service destinations

Use service to go to work (TRACT01)

Use service to go to doctors (TRACT02)

Use service to go to shopping (TRACT03)

Use service to volunteer activities (TRACT04)

Use service to go to senior center (TRACT05)

Use service to go to a lunch program (TRACT06)

Use service to go to friends,relative (TRACT07)

Use service to go to social events (TRACT08)

Use service to go to clubs, meetings (TRACT09)

Use service to go to religious svcs (TRACT10)

Use service to go to some place else (TRACTOT)

Use service for none of the above (TRACTNON)
Go to these destinations more often because of service?

Work (TRACTB01)

Doctors and health care providers (TRACTB02)

Shopping (TRACTB03)

Volunteer activities (TRACTB04)

Senior center (TRACTB05)

Lunch program (TRACTB06)

Friends, neighbors, and relatives (TRACTB07)

Social events, recreation activities (TRACTB08)

Clubs and meetings (TRACTB09)

Religious services (TRACTB10)

Anywhere else (TRACTBOT)

None of the above (TRACTBNO)
Recommendations to make transportation service better

Provide service more hours of the day (TRMORHRS)

Provide service more days of the week (TRMORDAY)

Reduce the waiting time for a ride (TRREWAIT)

Get better vehicles for older riders (TRBTRVEH)

Need to be able to go more places (TRMORPLA)

Drivers provide more help boarding van (TRMORHLP)

Publicize service availability (TRPUBLIC)

More vans/trips/volunteers (TRMORSVC)

Something else (TRRECOTH)

None of the above (TRRECNON)
Car in household?

Is there working car in the household (TRISCAR)

Do you ever drive that car (TRDRIVE)
Received other services (past year) from local agency?

Congregate meals (SVCCM)

Home-delivered meals (SVCHDM)

Homemaker/housekeeping services (SVCHOUSE)

Case management (SVCCSEMG)

Adult daycare services (SVCDYCR)

Personal care services (SVCPCR)

Chore services (SVCHORE)

Legal assistance (SVCLGL)

Information and assistance services (SVCIAA)

Any other services (SVCOTH)

Service combinations (SVCCOUNT)

No additional services (SVCNONE)
Receive other types of assistance?

Food stamps (SVC2A)

Energy assistance (SVC2B)

Medicaid (SVC2C)

Housing assistance (SVC2D)

Subsidized prescriptions (SVC2F)

Any other types of assistance (SVC2E)
Physical functioning

In general, how is your health (PFHLTH)

Dr. said you have arthritis (PFDISA)

Dr. said you have had hypertension (PFDISB)

Dr. said you have heart disease (PFDISC)

Dr. said you have high cholesterol (PFDISD)

Dr. said you have diabetes (PFDISE)

Dr. said you have breathing problems (PFDISF)

Dr. said you had cancer (PFDISG)

Dr. said you had a stroke (PFDISH)

Dr. said you had anemia (PFDISI)

Dr. said you have osteoporosis (PFDISJ)

Dr. said you have kidney disease (PFDISK)

Dr. said you have an eye condition (PFDISL)

Dr. said you have hearing problems (PFDISM)

Dr. said you have depression/anxiety (PFDISN)

Dr. said you have Alzheimer's/dementia (PFDISO)

Dr. said you have seizures/brn disord (PFDISQ)

Dr. said you have Parkinson's Disease (PFDISR)

Dr. said you had oth musculoskel cond (PFDISS)

Dr. said you have something else (PFDISP)

# different prescription meds per day (HLMDRUGS)

Past yr,how oft in hosp overnight (HLMHOSP)

Past yr, overnight in nursing home (HLMNH)
Social functioning

# days past 2 wks left home,any reason (SFACT09)

Feel doing enough social activities (SFENUF)

Past 4 wks:# times hlth hamper actvty (SFINTFR)