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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"family caregiving"”.
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Family caregiving: family strains, coping response patterns, and caregiver burden
… of information about the multiple strains of caregiving families, their coping patterns, and positive as well as negative aspects of caregiving. The primary objective was to examine the relationship among caregiving strains, patterns of coping responses employed, and the resulting objective …
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Family caregiving and our aging population: caring for the family caregivers
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Personal Constructs in Dementia Caregiving: The Family Caregiving Experience of People Living with Dementia in Saudi Arabia
As observed globally, family (informal and in-home) caregiving of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia has become a critical issue in the Arab region, including Saudi Arabia. This doctoral research psychometrically and conceptually evaluates an Arabic version of the …
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Family caregiving, home medical devices, and the sociotechnical system: Bringing the biomedical sciences into the bioethics discourse
Informal caregiving by family members has been a substantial, cost-effective resource for the medical system. More recently, complex devices have made it possible to sustain patient's lives at home in more acute situations for longer periods of time. The arguments supporting the use of home care …
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Effects of social networks on the health of family caregivers in later life : a cross-sectional study
… OF SOCIAL NETWORKS ON THE HEALTH OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS IN LATER LIFE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDYByLihua HuangThe purpose of this study was to better understand the social value of family caregiving in later life by examining the effects of social networks and family caregiving on the …
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Family ties and care for aged parents at home
… persons representing up to three generations per family were interviewed. They articulated the meaning of their responsibility to care for the parent, how they learned to be responsible to family members, and what experiences inside and outside the family shaped their sense of responsibility. They …
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Caregiving and Carereceiving: An Investigation of Burdens and Satisfactions
… both the burdens and satisfactions of the caregiving relationship between the informal family caregiving network and the dependent, older person living in the same home.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Policies Supporting Family Caregivers of Old Adults
Caregivers of family elders have diverse needs, many of which are not being met sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to analyze the congruency between family policy and the needs of family caregivers. Based on the rational policy model, a normative policy analysis of the economics of family …
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Caring for star-children : autism, families, and ethics in contemporary China
… China studies the emergence and development of family caregiving for autistic children after 1982, when autism was first diagnosed separately in two cities in China. Based on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork at municipal specialist hospitals, community child-health clinics, autism …
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UNDERSTANDING THE GENDERED EXPECTATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS EXPERIENCED BY MALE DOUBLE DUTY CAREGIVERS: A QUALITATIVE SECONDARY ANALYSIS
There is growing evidence that employed family caregivers experience challenges in balancing multiple demands associated with family caregiving. In particular health professionals who are also family caregivers, defined as double duty caregivers (DDCs), are expected to use their professional …
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Caregiving: An exploration of African American male caregiver roles in Texas
Over the last three decades of family caregiving research, only a few studies have provided insight into the roles men play (Fromme et al., 2005), and even fewer addressed African American males. Traditionally, caregiver research focused on females as primary caregivers. The National Alliance for …
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Caregiving and Schizophrenia: Understanding the Worldview of Asian Indian Families
… Indian families focussed on understanding the caregiving processes involved when one of their members is afflicted with schizophrenia. It looked at the beliefs, values, and meanings associated with schizophrenia within the context of Asian Indian cultural and social practices. It studied the …
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Perspectives of Stress and Coping among Older, College-Educated African American Women
… to intimate partners and romantic relationships, family caregiving responsibilities, and family well-being stress, (3) aging-related stress, and (4) financial strain and threats of downward mobility. Women described diverse coping strategies to buffer stress. Primary coping strategies used include …
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Considerations in the development and organisation of public and non-profit respite care services for persons with intellectual disability in South Africa: a mixed method study
Background: Family caregiving, whilst rewarding, in the context of limited support can also negatively impact caregivers, families and persons with intellectual disability. Respite care, a disability support service, offers an avenue to support this population. However, in South Africa, the extent …
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Finding Meaning in the Dementia Caregiving Relationship
… with dementia describe a wide spectrum of caregiving experiences, ranging from very negative to very positive. Previous literature acknowledges these differing experiences, but how and why they differ has rarely been investigated. Dementia caregiving can be burdensome with many …
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An examination of Mexican descent caregivers' reasons for seeking treatment for relatives with severe and persistent mental illness
… of caregivers reported that psychiatric crises, family caregiver support, and early positive experiences with services played an important role in successfully engaging Latinos in services. Findings are particularly significant because: (a) they provide empirical data which are scarce in the …
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Sandwich Generation Caregivers: Ethical Legacies Throughout Generations
… these interpretations may affect one's view of family life across generations. The research participants in this study were adults situated between young children and dependent elders, who are also termed the "sandwich generation" (Brody 1981; Soldo 1996). By reexamining notions of self and …
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The Social Construction of Huntington's Disease Caregivers in Colombia, South America
This study is a multi-method, two-city, intensive, in-depth qualitative study of Huntington's disease (HD) caregivers (HDCs) in Colombia. I explored the Colombia HDCs' experience through the Hispanic culture of caring. I develop the theory of the subrogate agency based on 5 functional stages of HD …