Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan [Paperback]

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.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.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 lSN