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Bridging the Family Care Gap

  • 1st Edition - January 9, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Joseph E. Gaugler
  • Language: English

Bridging the Family Care Gap explores expected future shortages of family caregivers of older persons and identifies potential solutions. The book examines the sustainab… Read more

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Bridging the Family Care Gap explores expected future shortages of family caregivers of older persons and identifies potential solutions. The book examines the sustainability and availability of care management models and whether they can be effectively scaled up to meet community needs. It identifies newly emerging policy initiatives at local, state, and federal levels. The book addresses the state of family caregiving science, dissemination and implementation of promising programs and supports, technological innovations, and other strategies to offset the family care gap. This edited volume also explores lay healthcare workers as guides, interpreters, and advocates in healthcare systems that provide continuity of contact for family caregivers.

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. McGuire

2. Diverse, culturally rich approaches to family care in the United States
Manka J. Nkimbeng and Lauren J. Parker

3. Caregiving in a rural context: Challenges and recommendations
Carrie Henning-Smith and Megan Lahr

Section 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. Gaugler

5. 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. Gaugler

Section 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. Gitlin

7. Unique models and initiatives that states are working on to “close” the family care gap
Christine J. Jensen and Laura J. Bauer

8. 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. Rentsch

Section 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. Choula

10. Developing a quality home care workforce to complement family caregivers and bridge the emerging care gap
Robyn Stone

11. Identifying, assessing, and supporting family caregivers in health and long-term care: Current progress and future opportunities
Catherine A. Riffin and Jennifer L. Wolff

12. Technology-based solutions to address the family care gap challenge
George Demiris

13. Leveraging volunteers to support dementia family caregivers: An innovative approach to care and support
Noelle L. Fields, Erin M. Roark, and Ling Xu

14. Health information technology and family caregiving: Policy initiatives
Nicole Ruggiano

Section V Conclusion

15. Supporting family care for older adults: Building a better bridge
Joseph E. Gaugler

Review quotes

"This book is useful to identify issues, resources, and solutions based on the current inconsistency in coverage for the care of family members. A key factor this book considers is nontraditional family units as diversity in families grows. The book also presents academic models for helping caregivers in different work settings and what resources may be available to support them as they bridge the gap in family care needs."—© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Crystal L Plank, RN, BSN, RAC-CTA(MU Sinclair School of Nursing), reviewer, expert opinion

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 9, 2021
  • Language: English

About the editor

JG

Joseph E. Gaugler

Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Center on Aging at The University of Minnesota.". Dr. Gaugler's research examines the sources and effectiveness of long-term care for chronically disabled older adults. A developmental psychologist with an interdisciplinary research focus, Dr. Gaugler's interests include Alzheimer's disease and long-term care, the longitudinal ramifications of family care for disabled adults, and the effectiveness of community-based and psychosocial services for chronically ill adults and their caregiving families. Underpinning these substantive areas, Dr. Gaugler also has interests in longitudinal and mixed methods.

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.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Nursing and Center on Aging, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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