1st Edition
by Joseph E. Gaugler (Editor), Robert L. Kane (Editor)
Family Caregiving in the New Normal
discusses how the drastic economic changes that have occurred over the
past few years have precipitated a new conversation on how family care
for older adults will evolve in the future.
This text summarizes
the challenges and potential solutions scientists, policy makers, and
clinical providers must address as they grapple with these changes, with
a primary focus given to the elements that may impact how family
caregiving is organized and addressed in subsequent decades, including
sociodemographic trends like divorce, increased participation of women
in the workforce, geographic mobility, fewer children in post-baby boom
families, chronic illness trends, economic stressors, and the current
policy environment.
A section on the support of caregivers
includes technology-based solutions that examine existing models,
personal health records, and mobile applications, big data issues,
decision-making support, person-centered approaches, crowd-sourced
caregiving such as blogs and personal websites that have galvanized
caregivers, and new methods to combine paid and unpaid forms of care.
