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Autore |
Bumagin Victoria E |
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Titolo |
Caregiving [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for those who give care and those who receive it / / Victoria E. Bumagin, Kathryn F. Hirn |
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New York, : Springer Pub., c2006, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-81267-6 |
9786611812676 |
0-8261-0491-6 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caregivers |
Older people - Home care - Social aspects |
People with disabilities - Home care - Social aspects |
Sandwich generation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-221) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Caregiving in the Social Context; 1 Determinants and Conditions of Caregiving; 2 Who Are the Care Recipients?; 3 Who Are the Caregivers?; 4 When Is It Time to Provide Care?; Part II: The Caregiving Experience; 5 Balancing the Scale; 6 Emotional Pitfalls; Part III: Social Impact of Caregiving; 7 The Caregiver Burden Paradigm; 8 In-Home Services As Respite; 9 Caregiving Within the Health and Social Care Systems; 10 When Caregiving Ends; References; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Chock-full of descriptive case examples, this clearly written text is a must-read for social workers, nurses, and gerontologists. By focusing on the various facets of the caregiving experience--from the caregiver's perspective to those who receive care--the authors sensitize you to the ways in which caregiving is affected by the conditions, personalities, capabilities, and wishes of both the caregivers and the care recipients. Chapters explore the range of care receivers from frail elderly to young children, and the difference in caregiving |
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