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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816460103321

Autore

Bumagin Victoria E

Titolo

Caregiving : a guide for those who give care and those who receive it / / Victoria E. Bumagin, Kathryn F. Hirn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2006, c2001

ISBN

1-281-81267-6

9786611812676

0-8261-0491-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HirnKathryn F

Disciplina

362

362/.0425

362.0425

Soggetti

Caregivers

Older people - Home care - Social aspects

People with disabilities - Home care - Social aspects

Sandwich generation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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



styles and options. Also addressed are issues related