Aging Families and Caregiving / Edition 1

by Sara Honn Qualls

Overview

Addressing the complex issues that arise in working with family caregivers, this timely book is filled with clinical illustrations, guidance, tips for practice, and encouragement. In this informative guide, editors Sara Qualls and Steven Zarit have brought together a notable team of international contributors to produce a clear structure that offers clinicians a framework for engaging families effectively in the important, but frequently stressful and complicated, role of caring for older family members.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900470008552
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/27/2009
Series:	Wiley Series in Clinical Geropsychology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Sarah.Qualls, PhD, is a clinical psychology faculty member at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She has twenty years of academic, clinical, and continuing education training experience and is the co-chair of the Adult Development and Aging Division of the American Psychological Association.

Steven H. Zarit, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is a clinical psychologist whose research and practice have centered for more than a decade on stress in family caregivers of dementia patients.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Preface ix

1 Who Are the Aging Families? Rosemary Blieszner 1

2 Functions Families Serve in Old Age Karen L. Fingerman Laura M. Miller Amber J. Seidel 19

3 The Cultural Context of Clinical Work with Aging Caregivers Martha Crowther Audrey Austin 45

4 All in the Family: Providing Care to Chronically Ill and Disabled Older Adults Mary Ann Parris Stephens Melissa M. Franks 61

5 Impact of Dementia Caregiving: Risks, Strains, and Growth Weiling Liu Dolores Gallagher-Thompson 85

6 Assessment and Intervention with Family Caregivers Judy Zarit 113

7 Empirically Supported Treatment for Family Caregivers Steven H. Zarit, PhD 131

8 Caregiver Family Therapy for Conflicted Families Sara Honn Qualls Tara L. Noecker 155

9 Integrating Families into Long-Term-Care Psychology Services: Orchestrating Cacophonies and Symphonies Margaret P. Norris 189

10 Family Caregiving and U.S. Federal Policy Diane L. Elmore Ronda C. Talley 209

11 Family Care Planning Services Patti Auxier 233

12 Caregiver Services: Resources, Trends, and Best Practices Nancy Giunta Andrew Scharlach 241

13 A Platform for Intervention and Research on Family Communication in Elder Care Michael Williams Clayton Lewis 269

14 Personal Health Records for Older Adults with Chronic Conditions and Their Informal Caregivers Elaine A. Blechman 287

Epilogue Future Directions in Family Caregiving: Clinical, Policy, and Research Initiatives Steven H. Zarit 311

Author Index 319

Subject Index 329