Bridging the Family Care Gap
Description
Key Features
- Details threats to family caregiving-sociodemographic, chronic disease, and socioeconomic challenges
- Presents solutions to the caregiving gap in a systematic, synthesized manner
- Addresses the intersection of family caregiving and technology
- Discusses chronic disease management to offset and reduce the need for family caregiving
- Describes models of caregiver support in work settings
- Reimagines the delivery of long-term services and supports with novel initiatives
Readership
Researchers, students, and policy-makers in psychology, gerontology, social work, geriatrics, medicine, public health, community health, and aging
Table of Contents
Section I The contexts of the family care gap
1. Public health perspectives on the family care gap
Erin D. Bouldin, Elena M. Andresen, Valerie J. Edwards, Justin P. Kearley, Nia Reed, and Lisa C. McGuire2. Diverse, culturally rich approaches to family care in the United States
Manka J. Nkimbeng and Lauren J. Parker3. Caregiving in a rural context: Challenges and recommendations
Carrie Henning-Smith and Megan LahrSection II Leveraging the past to inform the future
4. A systematic review of interventions that reduce family/friend caregiving time
Zachary G. Baker, Eric Jutkowitz, and Joseph E. Gaugler5. Recommendations for the future science of family caregiving services and supports: A synthesis of recent summits and national reports
Lauren L. Mitchell and Joseph E. GauglerSection III Getting the best evidence into the real world
6. Implementing and sustaining family care programs in real-world settings: Barriers and facilitators
Nancy Hodgson and Laura N. Gitlin7. Unique models and initiatives that states are working on to “close” the family care gap
Christine J. Jensen and Laura J. Bauer8. Update on the status of effective programs to help dementia family caregivers in the United States: Observations from the search for programs to include in Best Practice Caregiving
Katie Maslow, David M. Bass, and Julie H. RentschSection IV Innovative solutions
9. Driving change: Advancing policies to address the escalating complexities and costs of family care
Lynn Friss Feinberg, Susan C. Reinhard, and Rita B. Choula10. Developing a quality home care workforce to complement family caregivers and bridge the emerging care gap
Robyn Stone11. Identifying, assessing, and supporting family caregivers in health and long-term care: Current progress and future opportunities
Catherine A. Riffin and Jennifer L. Wolff12. Technology-based solutions to address the family care gap challenge
George Demiris13. Leveraging volunteers to support dementia family caregivers: An innovative approach to care and support
Noelle L. Fields, Erin M. Roark, and Ling Xu14. Health information technology and family caregiving: Policy initiatives
Nicole RuggianoSection V Conclusion
15. Supporting family care for older adults: Building a better bridge
Joseph E. Gaugler
Product details
- No. of pages: 496
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2021
- Published: January 9, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128138984
- eBook ISBN: 9780128138991
About the Editor
Joseph Gaugler
Dr. Gaugler currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Applied Gerontology and on the editorial boards of Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and Psychology and Aging. He was awarded the 2003 Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Adult Development and Aging Research, the 2011 M. Powell Lawton Distinguished Contribution Award for Applied Gerontology from the American Psychological Association (Division 20: Adult Development and Aging), the 2011 Dean's Award from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and the 2015 Gordon Streib Distinguished Academic Gerontologist Award from the Southern Gerontological Society. He is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Psychological Association.