Caregivers : challenges, practices and cultural influences

Author(s)

    • Thurgood, Adrianna
    • Schuldt, Kasha

Bibliographic Information

Caregivers : challenges, practices and cultural influences

Adrianna Thurgood, Kasha Schuldt, editors

(Public health in the 21st century series)

Nova Science Publishers, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this book, the authors discuss the challenges, practices and cultural influences of caregiving. Topics include caregiving for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities; family caregivers for patients with cancer; elder caregiving in South Asian families in the U.S. and India; study of caregiver's resilience; caregiver burden in a Hong Kong Chinese population; managing compassion fatigue among professional cancer caregivers; community-based education for palliative care for the elderly in Japan; caregiver perception and oral health in cerebral palsy children; and the role of assistive technologies for person-centred dementia care in Japan.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • A Lifespan Developmental Approach to Assessing & Addressing Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Comprehensive Guide to Meeting Individual & Caregiver Needs
  • The Family Caregivers of Patients with Cancer: Roles & Challenges
  • Zooming(in) - Zooming(out): From Feeling Exclusively a Caregiver to Becoming also a Caregiver - Understanding Sudden Informal Caregivers Paths
  • Parental & Educators' Judgments & Attitudes toward Life Challenges of Persons with Intellectual Disability: Functional Measurement Contributions to Special Education from a Cognitive Algebra Approach
  • The Experience of Caregiving Across Myths & Cultures
  • Resilience in Caregivers
  • Caregiver Burden in a Hong Kong Chinese Population: Risk Factors, Consequences & Remedies
  • Managing Compassion Fatigue among Professional Cancer Caregivers: Understanding the Problem & Possible Treatment Strategies
  • Caregiving in Clinical Oncology
  • Caregiver Burden of Older Adults: A Southeast Asian Aspect
  • Community-Based Education Concerning Palliative Care for the Elderly in Japan
  • Does Caregiver Perception Reflect Oral Health in Cerebral Palsy Children?
  • Role of Assistive Technologies for Person-Centered Dementia Care: An Exploratory Case Study in Japan
  • Index.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB14655290
  • ISBN
    • 9781626180307
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 256 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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