Expanding Perspectives on Family Caregiving

International perspectives on caregiving.

Every year, millions of people around the world suffer spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and strokes. Spinal cord injury (SCI) often strikes young and healthy individuals and is estimated to affect between 11.5 and 57.8 individuals per million around the world, causing death, paralysis, and serious secondary medical complications [1]. Costs associated with SCI have been estimated ...

Differing Perspectives on Older Adult Caregiving.

Informal older adult caregiving allows older adults to stay in their homes or live with loved ones, but decisions surrounding older adult care are fraught with complexities. Related research and case law suggest that an older adult's need for and refusal of help are important considerations; the current study is the first to examine these factors experimentally. Two samples (potential caregiver...

Family caregiving in dementia.

There are 5.3 million people with Alzheimer’s disease in the US—a number expected to grow as the baby-boomer generation enters old age, with estimates that 7.7 million people will be affected by 2030. From 65 to 75% of dementia patients are cared for at home by family members. According to the 2010 Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures report, 10.9 million Americans provide 12.5 billion hou...

Grandmothers, caregiving, and family functioning.

OBJECTIVES We used McCubbin's Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation ( McCubbin, Thompson, & McCubbin, 2001) to examine how demographic factors, family stress, grandmother resourcefulness, support, and role reward affect perceptions of family functioning for grandmothers raising grandchildren, grandmothers living in multigenerational households, and grandmothers not caregi...

Family caregiving: benefits and burdens.