Education and Support Programs for Caregivers

Research, Practice, Policy

Ronald W. Toseland, David H. Haigler, Deborah J. Monahan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

165 Seiten

2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4614-2813-8 (ISBN)

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For many, caring for a chronically ill family member is “the right thing to do”, but it is also often a source of emotional hardship, physical stress, and social isolation. In response, skill-building, coping, and psychoeducational programs have emerged to help caregivers meet the changes and challenges in their – as well as the patients’ – lives.

Education and Support Programs for Caregivers reveals the diversity of the caregiver population as well as their experiences and needs, and it introduces an empirically solid framework for planning, implementing, and evaluating caregiver programs. The book synthesizes current trends, exploring the effectiveness of different types of programs (e.g., clinic, community, home based) and groups (e.g., peer, professional, self-help), and how supportive programs lead to improved care.

Coverage includes:

Improving service delivery of education and support programs to underserved caregivers.
Cultural, ethnic, and gender issues in conducting caregiver education and support groups.
Utilization patterns (e.g., a key to understanding service needs).
E-health, telehealth, and other technological developments in caregiver services.
Evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of programs.
Recommendations for future practice, training, policy, and advocacy.

Education and Support Programs for Caregivers offers a wealth of insights and ideas for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students across the caregiving fields, including psychology, social work, public health, geriatrics and gerontology, and medicine as well as public and education policy makers.

Dr. Ronald W. Toseland is Director and Professor, Institute of Gerontology, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA. David H. Haigler, EdD, is an independent consultant in the field of caregiving and a Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) who lives in Oglethorpe, Georgia. Prior to his retirement from the University System of Georgia in May, 2004, Dr. Haigler was Deputy Director of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, Georgia Southwestern State University. Deborah J. Monahan, Ph. D. is a Professor of Social Work at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA. She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the All-University Gerontology Center, and chairs the Faculty Council in the College of Human Ecology.

Editorial Board.- Foreword by Rosalynn Carter.- Dedication.- About the Editors.- List of Contributors.- Introduction.- Accessibility of Caregiver Education and Support Programs: Reaching Hard-to-Reach Caregivers.- Utilization Patterns of Caregiver Education and Support Programs.- Education and Support Programs for Family Caregivers: Current Practices Across Health Care Scenarios.- Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in Conducting Caregiver Educational and Support Groups.- Caregiver Support Groups: Led by Peers, Professionals, or Both.- Telehealth and Family Caregiving: Developments in Research, Education, Policy, and Practice.- Education and Support Outcome Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework.- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Caregiver Education and Support Programs.- Current and Future Directions of Education and Support Programs for Caregivers.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.10.2014
Reihe/Serie	Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 165 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-4614-2813-0 / 1461428130
ISBN-13	978-1-4614-2813-8 / 9781461428138
Zustand	Neuware