This volume conceptualizes caregiving as an emerging
sociological issue involving complex and fluctuating roles. The
authors contend that caregiving must be considered in the context
of the life span with needs that vary according to age,
developmental levels, mental health needs and physical health
demands of both caregivers and care recipients. As the nature and
functions of caregiving evolve it has become a critical and salient
issue in the lives of individuals in all demographic, socioeconomic
and ethnic categories. This volume frames caregiving as a
sociological issue and addresses a number of central concerns, such
as:
- Caregiving is a life span experience associated with aging and
the roles of spouses and adult children.
- Caregiving involves a complex of social system variables that
influence the social support and services to caregivers and care
recipients.
- The nature of the relationship among family caregivers,
professional caregivers and the care recipient are embedded in
their interaction and dynamics influenced by the internal and
external variables that inhibit or facilitate the care
situation.
- How can caregiving be integrated with a public health agenda?
- What disparities or inequalities exist in caregiving and what
are the barriers that sustain them?
- What community-based interventions need to be developed to
improve caregiving?
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