Download or read book Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan written by Eva Kahana and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1994-03-16 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in cooperation with the Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University Increased life expectancy, the deinstitutionalization of persons with mental illness, the rise of home health care, and advances in medical technology have resulted in greater numbers of dependent people requiring care by family members. The frail elderly, the chronically mentally ill, and the physically disabled are examples of such groups who now receive their daily care in the community. How do families accept the burden of this care? What are the physical and emotional demands of such caregiving? Are the families prepared to assume this role? Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan considers the broad spectrum of chronic illnesses that necessitate family caregiving throughout the lifespan and expands the caregiving paradigm by including in its focus both members of the caregiving dyad and significant non-family caregivers. It also explores the social context in which care is provided--an entire section of the volume is devoted to discussions of the interface between informal and formal caregivers and society at large. Among the other subjects this volume addresses are the negative consequences of family caregiving, the value of providing support to caregivers, and caregivers of persons living with AIDS. Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan is important reading for those in social work, nursing, family medicine, and clinical psychology. "Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan represents a significant milestone in the continuing maturation of this vital area of long-term care. The title is an understatement of the authors′ accomplishments. . . .Rather than offering narrow boxes or labels, the book invites the reader to join in a broadened perspective on caregiving so that it can more fully reflect the richness of the lives of all involved. . . .For those who encounter Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan as part of their continuing study of caregiving, the book provides the integrating milestone of caregiving literature." --Journal of Case Management "This volume is a useful compendium of articles on family caregiving. The fourteen chapters in this volume address many important topics in family caregiving. One of the book′s major contributions is its clarification that family caregiving to frail or chronically ill people has no age limitation, although there are unique issues at different points in the development of individuals and families. The book has exceptional merit. It expands our understanding of family caregiving, provides important ideas for future research, offers research findings that enhance our understanding of family care, and presents a very useful review of the literature. This book would be a beneficial addition to the library of all researchers in the area of caregiving. They will discover worthwhile conceptualizations and gain new insights that can inform their research. Practitioners should also benefit from this collection. The chapters addressing interaction between forma land informal caregivers should give practitioners a deeper understanding of how to be more effective in dealing with informal caregivers and care recipients." -Ageing & Society "One paper [in this volume] deserves particular notice because it attempts to do what many of the authors feel is most critical in caregiving research but also most difficult, namely, to analyze the effectiveness of caregiving, the effect of provision of care on elder health outcomes. This is an important and original conceptualization of the problem..." -Steven M. Albert, Contemporary Gerontology "This book is both unique and valuable because it embraces Brody′s observation that family caregiving is not limited to a specific segment of the life span. Moreover, the book is not limited to filial caregiving, but entertains an impressive variety of contexts of family caregiving. . . . This book will be a valuable text in graduate-level courses." --Journal of Marriage and the Family

Download or read book Caregiving Across the Lifespan written by Ronda C. Talley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most scholars do not consider the long-term nature of caregiving, but rather focus on a specific developmental period (e.g., old age) or a specific disability (e.g., cancer). Yet the most important lessons about caregiving may occur at any age, regardless of disabilities or other limitations. Caregiving is a lifelong process. It begins in a mother’s womb, continues throughout the lifespan, and ends after death. Caregiving Across the Lifespan emphasizes caregiving as a process that occurs throughout one’s life. It discusses infant care, the developmental needs of children and adolescents, the many caregiving issues in adulthood and mid-life, and finally end-of-life care and bereavement. Key coverage includes: Examining caregiving issues across a developmental perspective. Caregiving from infancy through early childhood through end of life. Mid-life and multigenerational bonds and responsibilities. Caregiver identity in older adults. Family caregiving at the end of life. This must-have volume 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.

Download or read book Caregiving Across the Lifespan written by Ronda C. Talley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-22 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most scholars do not consider the long-term nature of caregiving, but rather focus on a specific developmental period (e.g., old age) or a specific disability (e.g., cancer). Yet the most important lessons about caregiving may occur at any age, regardless of disabilities or other limitations. Caregiving is a lifelong process. It begins in a mother’s womb, continues throughout the lifespan, and ends after death. Caregiving Across the Lifespan emphasizes caregiving as a process that occurs throughout one’s life. It discusses infant care, the developmental needs of children and adolescents, the many caregiving issues in adulthood and mid-life, and finally end-of-life care and bereavement. Key coverage includes: Examining caregiving issues across a developmental perspective. Caregiving from infancy through early childhood through end of life. Mid-life and multigenerational bonds and responsibilities. Caregiver identity in older adults. Family caregiving at the end of life. This must-have volume 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.

Download or read book Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining caregiving issues from a multigenerational, family life cycle perspective, this volume deals with the broad spectrum of chronic illnesses that necessitate family caregiving throughout the lifespan and discusses responses to these challenges by both caregiving families and caregiving systems.

Download or read book Families Caring for an Aging America written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family caregiving affects millions of Americans every day, in all walks of life. At least 17.7 million individuals in the United States are caregivers of an older adult with a health or functional limitation. The nation's family caregivers provide the lion's share of long-term care for our older adult population. They are also central to older adults' access to and receipt of health care and community-based social services. Yet the need to recognize and support caregivers is among the least appreciated challenges facing the aging U.S. population. Families Caring for an Aging America examines the prevalence and nature of family caregiving of older adults and the available evidence on the effectiveness of programs, supports, and other interventions designed to support family caregivers. This report also assesses and recommends policies to address the needs of family caregivers and to minimize the barriers that they encounter in trying to meet the needs of older adults.

Download or read book Caregiving Across the Lifespan written by Nadine F. Marks and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Family Caregiving written by Whitney A. Bailey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive resource offers a detailed framework for fostering resilience in families caring for their older members. Its aim is to improve the quality of life for both the caregivers themselves as much as for those they support. Robust interventions are presented to guide family members through chronic and acute challenges in areas such as emotional health, physical comfort, financial aspects of care, dealing with health systems, and adjusting to transition. Examples, models, interviews, and an extended case study identify core concerns of caregiving families and avenues for nurturing positive adaptation. Throughout, contributors provide practical applications for therapists and other service providers in diverse disciplines, and for advancing family resilience as a field. Included in the coverage: Therapeutic interventions for caregiving families. Facilitating older adults’ resilience through meeting nutritional needs. Improving ergonomics for the safety, comfort, and health of caregivers. Hope as a coping resource for caregiver resilience and well-being. Perspectives on navigating care transitions with individuals with dementia. Planning for and managing costs related to caregiving. Family Caregiving offers a new depth of knowledge and real-world utility to social workers, mental health professionals and practitioners, educators and researchers in the field of family resilience, as well as scholars in the intersecting disciplines of family studies, human development, psychology, sociology, social work, education, law, and medicine.

Download or read book Depression Care Across the Lifespan written by Lynne Walsh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depression Care across the Lifespan is a comprehensive, practical text that aims to increase knowledge and understanding of depression enabling professionals to enhance the care delivered to patients with depression. This text explores depression across all ages, starting with children and teenagers, through adulthood and finally old age. Depression Care across the Lifespan explores depression amongst different groups including children and teenagers, depression throughout the adult female lifecycle and depression in later life. It also discusses the impact of depression in people with learning disabilities and those from ethnic minority and immigrant populations. It also looks at topics including the causes and treatment of depression, the impact of stress and depression upon work and wellbeing, depression in chronic illness, suicide and self harm, and managing depression in primary and secondary care are included. Key features: • Essential reading for practitioners involved in the care of depressed people • Useful for students undertaking nursing, health and social care courses • Evidence-based, and supported by relevant literature • Links policy with current practice across the whole lifespan

Download or read book Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving written by Ronda C. Talley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective, meaningful caregiving requires a well-coordinated and informed effort guided by various highly skilled specialists across several interrelated professions, including psychologists, social workers, and occupational therapists. Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving addresses the information needs of these interrelated professionals, contributing to the direct care of individuals and serving as an essential resource for those who ultimately create collaborative approaches to contemporary caregiving plans. In addition, the volume provides a wealth of evidence-based research findings to facilitate ongoing dialogue about multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on and interventions for the complex challenge of caregiving in America. Key areas of coverage include: The status of professional caregiving in the United States. Nursing perspectives on the state of family caregiving. Psychological aspects of caregiving. A human development, lifespan perspective on caregiving during late life. Public health contributions to caregiving. Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving offers a wealth of insights for those researchers, practitioners, and graduate students who seek to optimize the care of individuals across such fields as psychology, social work, public health, geriatrics and gerontology, and medicine as well as public and educational policy making.

Download or read book Intellectual Disabilities Health and Social Care Across the Lifespan written by Fintan Sheerin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides nurses, allied health and social care professionals with the background knowledge necessary to support individuals with intellectual disabilities and their families. It is a unique and viable resource which is particularly timely, as recent decades have seen a significant change in the demographics and associated care and support needs of this population. The textbook is laid into four sections to provide a logical structure for the content with chapters developing key topic areas relevant to the field. The introductory section sets the overall context for the book and considers the importance of developing an understanding of intellectual disability as a core concept identifying philosophies and models of service that underpin health and social care across the lifespan. Communication as a basis for caring and the overall concept of person-centred caring in a multidisciplinary context is considered. The second section explores key concepts from birth to adulthood exploring the nature of intellectual disability, the child with intellectual disability and other related neurodevelopmental conditions. The third section explores adulthood to older age and considers specific health care needs, understanding behaviour and other fundamental concepts including mental health, ageing and palliative care. The fourth and final section explores the integration of health and social care addressing such issues as supporting and enabling families, education, employment, and sexuality and relationships. Edited by experienced and widely respected professionals, this textbook is written by international practitioners, educators and researchers who all play critical roles in working with individuals with intellectual disability and their families.

Download or read book Primary Care Across the Lifespan written by Denise L. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive text for students in Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult Nurse Practitioner programs offering guidelines for primary care across the lifespan. The content is divided into two parts: Part I is comprised of more than 200 common complaints and conditions, covered in-depth and organized alphabetically. Each chapter is logically formatted using the SOAPE outline (subjective and objective findings, assessment, therapeutic plan, and evaluation), which mirrors the clinical reasoning process. Lifespan content on physical findings and appropriate treatments for children, elderly, and pregnant women is integrated as appropriate within each chapter and highlighted in boldface. Diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, and pharmaceutical treatments are organized into tables and treatment plans are accompanied by algorithms for quick visual reference. Part II covers client wellness across the lifespan and includes growth and development charts, physical examination forms, and health promotionrecommendations. The extensive Appendices include quick reference data, such as drug tables, immunization schedules, and laboratory values for clients in various age groups, making this book a valuable tool for students to use in nurse practitioners andon into practice. * Presents each condition and complaint in the SOAPE format -- Subjective findings, Objective findings, Assessment, Plan, Evaluation -- for a logical presentation of the material that mirrors clinical reasoning. * Includes additional indices that categorize each topic four different ways -- body system, clinical diagnosis, presenting symptom, and lifespan -- to assist students in organizing study needs. * Provides ICD-9 codes for diagnostic classification and for insurance reimbursement. * Includes algorithms for conditions, providing a quick overview of diagnosis and treatment options. * Presents differential diagnoses and the supporting data in a table format for quick information access. * Outlines diagnostic and lab tests available for each condition in table format, and includes test outcomes and cost ranges to enable logical decision-making on low-cost, high-yield test options. * Presents pharmaceutical treatment plans in table format, including essential information on costs, pregnancy categories, and pediatric and geriatric dosages, to facilitate treatment options. * Includes many client education materials that students may copy and incorporate in their practice.

Download or read book Families as Nurturing Systems written by Donald G Unger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a major new volume for practitioners, researchers, and those concerned with future policies to promote the welfare of children and families. The patterns of support and the ability of family members to care for each other have changed along with the problems for the health and functioning of families. In Families as Nurturing Systems, respected scholars examine the new and emerging directions in the design and implementation of family resources and support programs. They describe and analyze a wide range of program models in the areas of prevention, social support, family resource, and empowerment that have been implemented in schools, the Afro-American church, early intervention programs, the workplace, and the public policy arena, reflecting the needs of families at different stages in the family life cycle.

Download or read book Multiple Dimensions of Caregiving and Disability written by Ronda C. Talley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caring for people with disabilities often becomes an all-encompassing responsibility for one or more family members. To manage the multifaceted demands, caregivers must possess strong multitasking skills, including the ability to assist with daily life tasks; provide emotional support; help with financial affairs; mediate and advocate with health care providers. Maintaining balance within their own lives can become incredibly challenging for caregivers. More often than not, providing care for family members or loved ones occurs at the expense of the caregivers’ well-being. And for caregivers who themselves have disabilities, it further complicates matters. Multiple Dimensions of Caregiving and Disability addresses concerns that have been long familiar to the caregiver population and examines the current state of family care for individuals with disabilities. With a lifespan perspective, this concise reference reviews the literature on specific problems of caregivers and explores which care strategies are effective, promising, or lacking in available resources and support interventions. Contributors also explore the more fluid and subjective aspects of caregiving, such as feelings, spirituality, and family roles. Suggestions for future policy improvements, particularly within the public health sector, are discussed as well. Topics covered include: • Family dynamics and caregiving for people with disabilities. • Parent caregiving of children with disabilities. • Race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and caregiving. • Educational, training, and support programs for caregivers. • Emerging technologies to aid caregivers. • Developing partnerships between caregivers and health care providers. Multiple Dimensions of Caregiving and Disability is a must-have resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, policy makers, and graduate students across such disciplines as clinical psychology, nursing, social work, public health, medicine, and social and education policy.

Download or read book Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities written by George H.S. Singer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States. Recognition is growing that family caregiving deserves and may require societal support, and evidence-based practices have been established for reducing stress associated with caregiving. Despite the substantial research literature on family support that has developed, researchers, advocates and professionals have often worked in separate categorical domains such as family support for caregiving for the frail elderly, for individuals with mental illness, or for people with development disabilities. Family Support and Family Caregiving across Disabilities addresses this significant limitation through cross-categorical and lifespan analyses of family support and family caregiving from the perspectives of theory and conceptual frameworks, empirical research, and frameworks and recommendations for improvements in public policy. The book also examines children with disabilities, children with autism, adults with schizophrenia, and individuals with cancer across the life cycle. This book was published as a two-part special issue in the Journal of Family Social Work.

Download or read book Age Differences in Caregiver Burden written by Kelsey Bacharz and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite over a quarter of informal caregivers in the United States being young adults, a majority of caregiving research focuses on middle-aged and older adults. The limited literature on young adult caregivers indicates that caregivers at this age may experience more burden than older caregivers, along with distinct risk factors for burden (Becker & Becker, 2008a; Levine et al., 2005). The purpose of this study was to comparethe levels of burden in caregivers across the lifespan and to test whether support and preparedness for caregiving also vary in ways that could explain the potential age differences in burden. Self-identified caregivers (n = 452) were recruited online to complete questionnaires and demographic questions. As hypothesized, when compared to older caregivers, young caregivers reported more subjective burden despite lower objective burden, but contrary to hypotheses young adults reported similar preparation for caregiving, higher social and instrumental support. The hypothesized mediating effects of preparedness, social support, and instrumental support between age and subjective burden were not found. The results indicate that age plays a role in differing perceptions of the caregiving experience likely due to the caregiving context related to age (i.e., relationship status and relation to caregiver), rather than age itself. Future research should focus on how the caregiving context impacts caregiver burden and what practices may be implemented to decrease that burden.

Download or read book Caring for People written by Judy Richards and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 1999 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a practical approach to care across the lifespan, this book author explores the key qualities, values and skills that all carers require. It allows readers to assess the specific needs of clients and the approaches needed for care from birth to old age. Divided into two parts, it features activities, case studies and role-playing ideas.

Download or read book How Caregiving Affects Development written by Kim Shifren and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How Caregiving Affects Development: Psychological Implications for Child, Adolescent, and Adult Caregivers examines these effects using a life span development framework. Each chapter presents theory and empirical research on caregiving during a different phase in the life span, including childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, and young, middle, and older adulthood. Within the context of the caregiver's life, the chapter authors examine how the role of caregiver affects development."--BOOK JACKET.