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Changes in adult child caregiver networks
- Authors:
- SZINOVACZ Maximiliane, DAVEY Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 47(3), June 2007, pp.280-295.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Caregiving research has typically relied on cross-sectional data that focus on the primary caregiver. This approach neglects the dynamic and systemic character of caregiver networks. This analyses addressed changes in adult child care networks over a 2-year period from a sample in Florida. The study relied on pooled data from Waves 1 through 5 of the Health and Retirement Study. Based on a matrix of specific adult child caregivers across two consecutive time points, the study assessed changes in any adult child caregiver as well as in the primary adult child caregiver. More than half of all adult-child care networks, including more than one fourth of primary adult child caregivers, changed between waves. Gender composition of the caregiver network and availability of other adult child caregivers were particularly important for network change, but socioeconomic context, caregiver abilities and resources, and caregiver burden played a role as well. The results underline the need to shift caregiving research toward a dynamic life course and family systems perspective. They also raise concerns about the viability of informal care networks for future smaller birth cohorts and suggest that health care providers need to recognize and address coordination and potential conflicts among care network members.
Understanding financial elder abuse in families: the potential of routine activities theory
- Authors:
- SETTERLUND Deborah, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 27(4), July 2007, pp.599-614.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The aim of this paper is to stimulate theoretical thought about financial elder abuse within families, by exploring the potential of ‘routine activities theory’ for raising understanding of, and response to, its occurrences. Research into financial elder abuse, defined as the illegal or improper use of a person's finances or property by another person, has tended to emphasise the abusive event and the associated risk factors. ‘Routine activities theory’, in contrast, directs attention more to developing prevention strategies that focus on everyday activities and hence seek to reduce the opportunities for illegal activity. The authors' research programme on the broad topic of money management and older people in Australia has conceptualised financial elder abuse as one possible outcome of the family management of older people's assets. This paper reports an application of routine activities theory to in-depth data of the asset-management practices and experiences of 81 family members who were assisting 86 older people. The paper concludes that the theory contributes to our understanding of how and why financial abuse occurs in families. It makes clear the distorting influence of a sense of entitlement and the preventive importance of both capable guardians, to oversee family-asset management and be alert to mismanagement, and the need for improved financial awareness, skills and probity in the community in connection with this common task of assisting older people to manage their financial assets.
From retirement village to residential aged care: what older people and their families say
- Authors:
- CHEEK Julianne, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 15(1), January 2007, pp.8-17.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This qualitative Australian study examined the transition into residential care from one form of community housing, the retirement village. In-depth interviews with 33 older people and 48 family members were conducted to illuminate the key issues and factors which influence the move of older people from retirement villages to residential aged care. Analysis of the data revealed the move to be influenced by: health-related crises; the creation of doubt as to ability to cope in the retirement village; the need for more or different care or support services; the desire for independence; assumptions about being able to move into the residential aged care facility co-located with the retirement village; availability of a place; navigating the system; and desirable aspects of a residential aged care facility. The findings of the study provide a description of the transition process from the perspectives of those directly affected, and contribute to the development of best practice in the provision of support to residents living in retirement villages and the community in general.
Family caregiving today: what we have learned from 35 years of research and where do we go from here?
- Author:
- ZARIT Steven H.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 17(1), January 2007, Online only
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
The author draws on research to discuss: the social context of caregiving; the stress process in caregiving; and promising strategies for intervention research.
A recipe for care: not a single ingredient: clinical case for change
- Author:
- PHILP Ian
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The reconfiguring specialist services to bring care closer to home will make a big difference to the lives of older people and their families, according to Professor Ian Philp, National Director for Older People.
Dementia in my family: taking an intergenerational approach to dementia
- Authors:
- HARDING Ed, et al
- Publisher:
- Alliance for Health and the Future
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are around 5.5 million Europeans with dementia. There are more new cases of dementia per year than of stroke, diabetes or breast cancer. With the ageing of the population and no cure in the foreseeable future for dementia, these numbers are bound to increase in years to come. This report helps to promote an intergenerational approach to dementia. The report begins by highlighting key facts about dementia. It then describes the role that the family plays as well as the impact of dementia on the entire family, before moving on to looking at successful initiatives across Europe in which different generations work together to lessen the burden of dementia in their communities. Finally, the book proposes ways in which communities may support all generations as they cope with dementia within their families. The report is based on a workshop held in June 2006 at the European Social Services conference in Vienna.
Staff-family relationships in the care of older people: a report on a systematic review
- Authors:
- HAESLER Emily, BAUER Michael, NAY Rhonda
- Journal article citation:
- Research in Nursing and Health, 30(4), August 2007, pp.385-398.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This review considers staff-family relationships in acute, sub-acute, rehabilitation and long term health care settings. The research evidence, both quantitative and qualitative, points to the need to address power and control issues, communication and collaborative approaches to care. Interventions to promote staff-family relationships are more likely to succeed when implemented with accompanying information sharing, education and management support.
Private lives and public programs: an Australian longitudinal study of the elderly
- Authors:
- MCCALLUM John, SOMINS Leon A., SIMONS Judith
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 19(4), November 2007, pp.87-103.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The interaction of private lives with public programmes is examined using data from the Dubbo 13-year (1988-2001) longitudinal study of older Australians. The data indicate the strongly supportive effects of publicly funded income, health and aged care programmes in reducing family burdens resulting from major life events. In particular, financial crises were rarely mentioned, directly or indirectly, as major threats. The central role of informal social support is also demonstrated. Family support was responsive to risky events and to ageing itself, while a third of surviving older respondents were able to cope with major life changes over the lifetime of the study. A combination of welfare system and family support enabled families with older members to manage multiple, major life changes over this period. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
A new strategy for carers: better support for families and carers of older people
- Author:
- BERNARD Caroline
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The government needs to recognise the growing number of older carers in its review of the 1999 strategy for carers, Counsel and Care campaigners urged. In a new policy paper, charity Counsel and Care called for the benefits system to be reformed so that when people reach pension age they still have access to carer’s allowance. 1.5 million people aged over 60 who provide unpaid care, of which 8,000 are aged over 90. The paper, further recommends that the government increases the carer’s allowance to equal the national minimum wage and to increase the carer’s premium for income support or pension credit. The paper's author Caroline Bernard urges the government to work towards helping the six million unpaid carers in the UK work by promoting the right to flexible hours and extending tax exemptions to care vouchers.
Care management and care provision for older relatives amongst employed informal care-givers
- Authors:
- ROSENTHAL Carolyn J., MARTIN-MATTHEWS Anne, KEEFE Janice M.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 27(5), September 2007, pp.755-778.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper examines care management, or ‘managerial care’, a type of informal care for older adults that has been relatively neglected by researchers. While previous research has acknowledged that care-giving may involve tasks other than direct ‘hands-on’ care, the conceptualisation of managerial care has often been vague and inconsistent. This study is the first explicitly to investigate managerial care amongst a large sample of carers. In our conceptualisation, care management includes care-related discussions with other family members or the care recipient about the arrangements for formal services and financial matters, doing relevant paperwork, and seeking information. The study examines the prevalence of this type of care, the circumstances under which it occurs, its variations by care-giver characteristics, and its impact on the carers. The authors drew from the Canadian CARNET ‘Work and Family Survey’ a sub-sample of 1,847 full-time employed individuals who were assisting older relatives. The analysis shows that managerial care is common, distinct from other types of care, a meaningful construct, and that most care-givers provide both managerial and direct care. Care management includes both the orchestration of care and financial and bureaucratic management. Providing managerial care generates stress amongst women and interferes with work amongst men, and the aspect that generates the greatest personal and job costs amongst both men and women is the orchestration of care.