Authors: Anne Hendershott
ISBN-13: 9780897897112, ISBN-10: 0897897110
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
ANNE HENDERSHOTT is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She has written and taught about work-family issues and is a frequent presenter at gerontology workshops and conferences.
Addresses directly the ambivalence that family caregivers experience by acknowledging the family conflict that often surrounds the caregiving tasks and provides help to avoid dysfunctional caregiving styles.
Acknowledgments | vii | |
Introduction: Becoming a Caregiver | ix | |
1 | Moving from Denial to Diagnosis | 1 |
2 | Family Conflict and Caregiving | 13 |
3 | Creating a Safe Environment | 31 |
4 | Children Who Care | 51 |
5 | Solutions for the Reluctant Caregivers | 65 |
6 | Family Caregiving and the Workplace | 77 |
7 | Does This Run in the Family? | 93 |
8 | Caregiving and Quality of Life | 105 |
9 | The Caregiving Journey Ends | 123 |
Appendix | Resources | 131 |
Bibliographic Essay | 137 | |
Index | 145 |