Bøger i Caregiving: Research * Practice * Policy serien

The Challenges of Mental Health Caregiving

This book provides an overview on the status of professional caregiving in the US. It examines the psychological aspects of caregiving, physical and mental health issues that affect caregivers, and public health contributions and public policy issues.

This book examines the challenges of caregiving in mental health with unusual depth and breadth, covering developmental, cultural and spiritual contexts of care, and stressing the need to see care as a community, rather than an individual or family experience.

Taking a developmental perspective, this book discusses caregiving from infancy through early childhood through end of life; midlife and multigenerational bonds and responsibilities; caregiver identity in older adults and family caregiving at the end of life.

As well as exploring developmentally appropriate long-term care for Alzheimer's sufferers, this guide to the research, practice and policy related to this distressing condition examines issues including the needs of relatives and the ethics of care provision.

Caring for the disabled is often an all-consuming responsibility for one or more family members, demanding skills such as financial acumen and emotional sensitivity. This book addresses the complexities of care giving and includes valuable personal testimony.

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of cancer-related issues, including those affecting the care triad (patients-family members- professionals) and quality of care as well as the numerous physical, emotional, and financial challenges faced by caregivers.

Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving

Covering a range of issues unique to rural care provision, from training to policy and advocacy, this work identifies specific needs for development and examines both the positive effects of close-knit families and the issue of access to professional support.

Caring for the disabled is often an all-consuming responsibility for one or more family members, demanding skills such as financial acumen and emotional sensitivity. This book addresses the complexities of care giving and includes valuable personal testimony.

Taking a developmental perspective, this book discusses caregiving from infancy through early childhood through end of life; midlife and multigenerational bonds and responsibilities; caregiver identity in older adults and family caregiving at the end of life.

As well as exploring developmentally appropriate long-term care for Alzheimer's sufferers, this guide to the research, practice and policy related to this distressing condition examines issues including the needs of relatives and the ethics of care provision.

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of cancer-related issues, including those affecting the care triad (patients-family members- professionals) and quality of care as well as the numerous physical, emotional, and financial challenges faced by caregivers.

This book combines a critical analysis of health care policy and practice with the reflections of one personally experiencing the issues of which he speaks. The book examines the impending surge in demand for facilities and personnel to care for the elderly.

Covering a range of issues unique to rural care provision, from training to policy and advocacy, this work identifies specific needs for development and examines both the positive effects of close-knit families and the issue of access to professional support.

For many, caring for a chronically ill family member is "the right thing to do", but it is also often a source of emotional hardship, physical stress, and social isolation. In response, skill-building, coping, and psychoeducational programs have emerged to help caregivers meet the changes and challenges in their - as well as the patients' - lives.Education and Support Programs for Caregivers reveals the diversity of the caregiver population as well as their experiences and needs, and it introduces an empirically solid framework for planning, implementing, and evaluating caregiver programs. The book synthesizes current trends, exploring the effectiveness of different types of programs (e.g., clinic, community, home based) and groups (e.g., peer, professional, self-help), and how supportive programs lead to improved care.Coverage includes:Improving service delivery of education and support programs to underserved caregivers.Cultural, ethnic, and gender issues in conducting caregiver education and support groups.Utilization patterns (e.g., a key to understanding service needs).E-health, telehealth, and other technological developments in caregiver services.Evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of programs.Recommendations for future practice, training, policy, and advocacy.Education and Support Programs for Caregivers offers a wealth of insights and ideas for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students across the caregiving fields, including psychology, social work, public health, geriatrics and gerontology, and medicine as well as public and education policy makers.