Family caregiving across the lifespan [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Eva Kahana, David E. Biegel, May L. Wykle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480818103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1994
• ISBN: 1-4522-4323-9; 0-8039-4430-6; 1-4522-5401-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Collana: Family caregiver applications series ; ; v. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): KahanaEva; BiegelDavid E; WykleMay L
• Disciplina: 362.10425
• Soggetti: Caregivers; Chronically ill - Care; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in cooperation with the Center for Practice Innovations, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Part I - Paradigms for Caregiving; Chapter 1 - Developmental Challenges and Family Caregiving: Bridging Concepts and Research; Chapter 2 - Someone to Watch over Me: Family Responsibilities and Their Realization across Family Lives; Chapter 3 - Altruism through the Life Course; Chapter 4 - Optimal Use of Formal and Informal Systems over the Life Course; Part II - Illness and Life Stage: Challenges for Caregiving; Chapter 5 - Caregiving and Children; Chapter 6 - Caregivers of Persons Living with AIDS; Chapter 7 - Predictors of Caregiver Burden among Support Group Members of Persons with Chronic Mental IllnessChapter 8 - Psychoeducational Programs: From Blaming to Caring; Chapter 9 - The Home Care of a Patient with Cancer: The Midlife Crisis; Chapter 10 - Caregiving Issues after a Heart Attack: Perspectives on Elderly Patients and Their Families; Part III - The Interface between Formal Care ; Providers and Caregiving Families; Chapter 11 - Care at Home: Family Caregivers and Home Care Workers; Chapter 12 - The Caregiver as the Hidden Patient; Chapter 13 - Caregiving Issues in Families of Children with Chronic Medical ConditionsChapter 14 - Relationships between the Frail Elderly's Informal and Formal Helpers; Conclusion; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.