Interview Guide Questions

Demographic Profile
Name:
Age:
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Interview Proper
(English)
1. What are your experiences as a caregiver for older dependent adults?
2. What are the challenges/problems you encountered on a day-to-day basis?
3. How do these challenges/problems affect you? Do they result in physical strain
or stress?
4. How do you cope up with those challenges/problems?
5. How does working as a caregiver to older dependent adults impact your well-
being?

(Tagalog)
1. Ano ang iyong mga karanasan bilang isang tagapag-alaga ng mga
nakatatandang nangangailangan ng tulong?
2. Ano ang mga hamon o mga problemang iyong natutuklasan araw-araw?
3. Paano ka naapektohan ng mga hamon o problemang ito? Nagdudulot ba ito ng
pisikal na pagod o stress?
4. Paano mo hinarap ang mga hamon o problemang iyon?
5. Paano nakakaapekto sa iyong kalagayan ang pagiging isang tagapag-alaga sa
mga matatandang nangangailangan ng tulong?
3. "I got stressed but physical pain or sickness, no. Just stressed. It's just that there are
times when he's greasy due to his touching of his poop and I can't help but get
nauseous and have the urge to vomit. And of course I have problems whenever he
demands food and you don't have money to provide for it, so I messaged my siblings
since it's our obligation for our parent. It is hard as a caregiver since I'm one of the
youngest yet I'm the one doing this when it's supposed to be the eldest but I am the one
who is here so I am the one who takes the responsibility. It's normal that sometimes you
feel that you want to give up but if you think of it you should not complain because it's
your own parent."
4. "Of course since I am the one here, who else he can go with since my other sibling
are far away. I am the one who is here, so I am the one who is in charge. My family help
me, in fact my eledest has pension so they help me. They have 500 pesos each month.
It's their allowance and it is different to our allowance as siblings."
5. "Well, it's not all the time that you can provide what he wants, sometimes you'll ran
out of resources to provide. It's okay if only you can just get money anywhere but, no.
Sometimes you'll ran out of money. If there's nothing left, I can't give anything so I call
my siblings. For example, when he's not feeling well, I call them. They can't just wait for
him to die. I have no complains, what I just needed is financial support. Just that. Of
course in a month he needs diapers, if you'll think of it in each day in everyweek it's only
one pack, it's not enough, in fact it's two packs of diapers he needed. It doesn't give
much hindrance to me as a family man andbproblems can never go. A problem is
constant, it is there always, it's up to you on how you'll handle. Whenever you go there
is a problem, it never goes away. It's normal, it just depends on you if you'll go with it or
not. If you'll go with the problem then you will go crazy."