Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan / Edition 1

by Eva Kahana, David E. Biegel, May Wykle

Overview

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.

Part One addresses the caregiving paradigm and the relationship of family caregiving research to family life studies. Part Two examines conceptual aspects of caregiving, ranging from the expansion of the caregiving paradigm, caregiving processes and tasks, to the positive aspects of caregiving. Part Three emphasizes how family caregivers are affected by the connection (or lack of it) to macro-level systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803944312
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	03/16/1994
Series:	Family Caregiver Applications series , #4
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kahana, Eva, PhD (Case Western Reserve Univ); Biegel, David E., PhD (Case Western Reserve Univ); Wykle, May L., PhD, RN, FAAN (Case Western Reserve Univ)

The contributors represent the specialties of sociology, nursing, engineering, pediatrics, geriatrics, family practice, and psychology. Most come from medical centers and universities in the U.S. Institutions prominently represented include Case Western Reserve Univ, National Institute of Mental Health, Notre Dame, Yale, Univ of Pennsylvania, and Seattle Children's Hospital.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Eva Kahana, David E Biegel, and May L Wykle
PART ONE: PARADIGMS FOR CAREGIVING
Developmental Challenges and Family Caregiving - Eva Kahana et al
Bridging Concepts and Research
Someone to Watch Over Me - Joan Aldous
Family Responsibilities and Their Realization Across Family Lives
Altruism Through the Life Course - Elizabeth Midlarsky
Optimal Use of Formal and Informal Systems Over the Life Course - Eugene Litwak, Dorothy Jones Jessop, and Heather J Moulton
PART TWO: ILLNESS AND LIFE STAGE: CHALLENGES FOR CAREGIVING
Caregiving and Children - Joan M Patterson and Barbara J Leonard
Caregivers of Persons Living With AIDS - Patricia Flatley Brennan and Shirley M Moore
Predictors of Caregiver Burden Among Support Group Members of Persons With Chronic Mental Illness - David E Biegel, Li-yu Song and Venkatesan Chakravarthy
Psychoeducational Programs - Catherine F Kane
From Blaming to Caring
The Home Care of a Patient With Cancer - Charles W Given and Barbara A Given
The Midlife Crisis
Caregiving Issues After a Heart Attack - Rosalie F Young and Eva Kahana
Perspectives on Elderly Patients and Their Families
PART THREE: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN FORMAL CARE PROVIDERS AND CAREGIVING FAMILIES
Care at Home - Lucy Rose Fischer and Nancy N Eustis
Family Caregivers and Home Care Workers
The Caregiver as the Hidden Patient - Jack H Medalie
Challenges for Medical Practice
Caregiving Issues in Families of Children With Chronic Medical Conditions - Anne E Kazak and Dimitri A Christakis
Relationships Between the Frail Elderly's Informal and Formal Helpers - Linda S Noelker and David M Bass
Conclusion - Eva Kahana, David E Biegel, and May L Wykle

Editorial Reviews

Considers the broad spectrum of chronic illnesses that necessitate family caregiving throughout the lifespan and expands the caregiving paradigm by including in its focus both members of the caregiving dyad and significant nonfamily caregivers. The volume also explores the social context in which care is given--an entire section is devoted to discussions of the interface between informal and formal caregivers and society at large. Among other subjects addressed are the negative consequences of family caregiving, the value of providing support to caregivers, and caregivers of persons living with AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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