The State of Family Caregiving: A Nursing Perspective
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چکیده
Family caregiving is an area that has received extensive attention in the professional and public domains. The graying ofAmerica, the looming aging and retirement of the baby-boomers, increased pressures to care for the chronically ill in their homes, and changes in health care service reimbursement systems all contribute to the generalized concerns regarding caregiving. Nursing constitutes the largest group of all health professions (Spratley et al. 2000). Nurses practice with families of all sorts and in all settings, addressing physical, psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual needs and problems. The relationship(s) between nursing theory, nursing practice, nursing education, nursing research, and family caregiving are explored in this chapter.
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