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Profiles in Caregiving: The Unexpected Career

Aneshensel, Carol S.; Pearlin, Leonard I.; Mullan, Joseph T.; Zarit, Steven H.; Whitlatch, Carol J.

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Table of contents
  • Contentsvii
  • Prefacexv
  • Chapter 1. Setting the Stage1
  • Introduction1
  • The Aging of the Population and the Need for Family Care5
  • The Late-Life Dementias7
  • The Epidemiology of Late-Life Dementia9
  • Precursory Commentary10
  • Chapter 2. Caregiving Careers and Stress Processes15
  • Caregiving as a Career16
  • Stages and Transitions in Caregiving Careers23
  • Alternative Career Paths for Caregiving31
  • Caregiving and the Stress Process33
  • The Synergistic Convergence of Caregiving Careers and the Stress Process39
  • Chapter 3. An Empirical Inquiry into Caregiving41
  • Origins of the Theoretical Framework and Methods41
  • Caregivers and Their Impaired Relatives43
  • Measurement Strategy55
  • Data Analysis Strategies59
  • Summary62
  • Chapter 4. The Organization of Stressors in the Lives of Caregivers65
  • The Onset of Caregiving66
  • The Primary Stressors of Caregiving69
  • The Creation of Secondary Stressors83
  • Extrinsic Stressors98
  • The Social Context of Caregiving100
  • Summary105
  • Discussion106
  • Chapter 5.The Natural History of Care-Related Stress109
  • The Course of Primary Stressors over Time110
  • The Course of Secondary Stressors over Time112
  • Individual Patterns of Stability and Change115
  • Summary120
  • Discussion120
  • Chapter 6. Stress Proliferation123
  • Structural and Interpersonal Foundations of Stress Proliferation124
  • Proliferation over the Short-Term126
  • Proliferation over the Long-Term140
  • Summary146
  • Discussion147
  • Chapter 7. The Containment of Care-Related Stressors151
  • Psychosociai Resources: Social Support and Mastery152
  • Resources and Their Naturalistic Interventions158
  • Resources as Stress Mediators and Moderators159
  • The Independent Effects of Psychosocial Resources162
  • The Long-Term Impact of Psychosocial Resources171
  • Summary177
  • Discussion177
  • Chapter 8. The Transition to Institutional Care183
  • The Average Course of In-Home Care185
  • The Timing of Institutionalization189
  • Catalysts for Institutionalization198
  • The Family Context of Institutionalization205
  • Institutionalization as a Stressor206
  • Summary215
  • Discussion216
  • Chapter 9. Adaptation Following Institutionalization221
  • Continuity and Change in the Caregiver Role222
  • The Impact of Institutionalization229
  • Caregivers' Adaptation to Placement236
  • Long-Term Institutionalized Caregiving245
  • Summary249
  • Discussion250
  • Chapter 10. The Timing and Settings of Patient Death253
  • Patterns of Mortality among Care Recipients254
  • Health Status and Mortality258
  • The Impact of Institutionalization260
  • Summary266
  • Discussion267
  • Chapter 11. Bereavement269
  • Continuities and Discontinuities in the Stress Process along the Caregiving Career271
  • The Immediate Impact of the Death of the Dementia Patient272
  • Death and Grief286
  • The Long-Term Impact of the Death of the Dementia Patient295
  • Summary300
  • Discussion301
  • Chapter 12. Clinical Interventions and Caregiving Careers305
  • Intervention Strategies across the Caregiving Career306
  • Clinical Intervention and the Stress Process308
  • Basic Premises310
  • The Need for Early Intervention: Role Acquisition312
  • Interventions for the Long Haul: Role Enactment314
  • Adjustments during Bereavement: Role Disengagement323
  • Types of Clinical Approaches325
  • Concluding Comments326
  • Chapter 13. Implications for Public Policy and Society327
  • The Policy Conundrum: Addressing Diverging Interests329
  • Directions for Public Policy and Caregiving337
  • Ethics and Public Policy344
  • Concluding Comments346
  • Chapter 14. A Review and Overview of Caregiving Careers349
  • The Caregiving Career350
  • The Care-Related Stress Process354
  • In Retrospect362
  • Closing Commentary364
  • References365
  • Index375
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120595402
  • ISBN-13 9780080539836
  • Author Aneshensel, Carol S.; Pearlin, Leonard I.; Mullan, Joseph T.; Zarit, Steven H.; Whitlatch, Carol J.
  • Category Medical
  • Subject Caregiving

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Given medical advances and greater understanding of healthful living habits, people are living longer lives. Proportionally speaking, a greater percentage of the population is elderly. Despite medical advances, there is still no cure for dementia, and as elderly individuals succumb to Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia, more and more people are having to care their elderly parents and /or siblings. Profiles in Caregiving is practical source of information for anyone who teaches caregiving, acts as a caregiver, or studies caregiving.
This book discusses recent research on stress factors associated with caregiving, and what factors impact on successful versus non-successful adaptation to the care-giving role. This is an expanding field in gerontology, and is also of interest to personality and social psychologists studying stress and interpersonal relations. Although there are many books on the cause and treatment of dementia, there has been a book that provides a research investigation into the factors associated with effective caregiving to dementia patients.

Key Features
* Conceptualizes caregiving as a multistage career whose impact on the caregiver continues to be felt after in-home care has ceased
* Based upon a longitudinal survey of a demographically diverse sample of principal caregivers over a three-year period
* Identifies caregivers who are most at-risk for adverse adaptation to the role
* Describes preventative and clinical intervention strategies
* Identifies post-care risk and issues
* Identifies antecedents to successful adaptation
* State of the art analytic techniques
* Graphic presentation of empirical findings
* Renowned multidisciplinary research team