Bücher der Reihe Caregiving: Research * Practice * Policy

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Challenges of Mental Health 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.

Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.