Description |
xviii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Setting the Stage -- Ch. 2. Caregiving Careers and Stress Processes -- Ch. 3. An Empirical Inquiry into Caregiving -- Ch. 4. The Organization of Stressors in the Lives of Caregivers -- Ch. 5. The Natural History of Care-Related Stress -- Ch. 6. Stress Proliferation -- Ch. 7. The Containment of Care-Related Stressors -- Ch. 8. The Transition to Institutional Care -- Ch. 9. Adaptation Following Institutionalization -- Ch. 10. The Timing and Settings of Patient Death -- Ch. 11. Bereavement -- Ch. 12. Clinical Interventions and Caregiving Careers -- Ch. 13. Implications for Public Policy and Society -- Ch. 14. A Review and Overview of Caregiving Careers |
Summary |
More and more people are being pressed into service as caregivers for their siblings, parents, or spouses with Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia. With this caregiving role comes added stress and a difficult adjustment period for what begins as a part-time role and can become an unexpected career. Profiles in Caregiving: The Unexpected Career is a practical source of information for anyone who teaches caregiving, acts as a caregiver, or studies caregiving. It is the first book that provides a research investigation into the factors associated with effective caregiving to dementia patients. This landmark work traces the experiences of husbands, wives, daughters, and sons in the caregiving role, identifying common stress factors and discussing how stress affects the caregiver's physical and emotional well-being |
Analysis |
Alzheimer's disease Care |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index |
Notes |
Also issued online |
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identifying common stress factors and discussing how stress affects the caregiver's physical and emotional well-being |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care.
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Caregivers.
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Senile dementia -- Patients -- Care.
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Alzheimer Disease -- therapy.
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Caregivers.
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Dementia -- therapy.
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Home Nursing.
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Alzheimer Disease -- therapy.
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Caregivers.
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Dementia -- therapy.
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Home Nursing.
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Author |
Aneshensel, Carol S.
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LC no. |
95003498 |
ISBN |
0120595400 (alk. paper) |
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