Introduction : family caregiving in the new normal / Joseph E. Gaugler and Robert L. Kane -- Caregiving roles reversed : becoming my mother's mother / Michele H. Kimball -- Complexity and opportunities in caregiving : a story of holding on and letting go / Christine W. Hartmann -- Caregiver woes in the Medicare system : a tale of two patients / Jerald Winakur -- The caregiver crucible : crisis and opportunity / Emily Kearns -- Factors affecting the future of family caregiving in the United States / Robyn I. Stone -- Chronic illness trends and the challenges to family caregivers : organizational and health system barriers / Jennifer L. Wolff and Barry J. Jacobs -- Informal care and economic stressors / Courtney Harold Van Houtven -- The policy and political environment of family caregiving : a glass half full / Debra J. Lipson -- Help for family caregivers available from government programs and policies / Pamela Doty and Brenda Spillman -- Translational research on caregiving : missing links in the translation process / Elaine Wethington and Louis D. Burgio -- Information technology to support aging : implications for caregiving / George Demiris -- Supporting caregivers of older adults in making decisions : current tools and future directions / Tetyana P. Shippee, Kathleen Rowan and Carrie Henning-Smith -- Person-centered approaches to caregiving / Karen I. Connor, Hilary C. Siebens and Joshua Chodosh -- The impact of the internet and social media on caregiving / Katherina Nikzad-Terhune, Keith A. Anderson and Lori La Bey -- The escalating complexity of family caregiving : meeting the challenge / Susan C. Reinhard and Lynn Friss Feinberg -- Caregivers as therapeutic agents in dementia care : the context of caregiving and the evidence base for interventions / Laura N.Gitlin and Nancy Hodgson -- Conclusion : a perfect storm? The future of family caregiving / Joseph E. Gaugler and Robert L. Kane.
Summary:
Family Caregiving in the New Normal discusses how the drastic economic changes that have occurred over the past few years have precipitated a new conversation on how family care for older adults will evolve in the future. This text summarizes the challenges and potential solutions scientists, policy makers, and clinical providers must address as they grapple with these changes, with a primary focus given to the elements that may impact how family caregiving is organized and addressed in subsequent decades, including sociodemographic trends like divorce, increased participation of women in the workforce, geographic mobility, fewer children in post-baby boom families, chronic illness trends, economic stressors, and the current policy environment.
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