Family Caregiving Across the Lifespan

Introduction - Eva Kahana, David E Biegel, and May L Wykle PART ONE: PARADIGMS FOR CAREGIVING Developmental Challenges and Family Caregiving - Eva Kahana et al Bridging Concepts and Research Someone to Watch Over Me - Joan Aldous Family Responsibilities and Their Realization Across Family Lives Altruism Through the Life Course - Elizabeth Midlarsky Optimal Use of Formal and Informal Systems Over the Life Course - Eugene Litwak, Dorothy Jones Jessop, and Heather J Moulton PART TWO: ILLNESS AND LIFE STAGE: CHALLENGES FOR CAREGIVING Caregiving and Children - Joan M Patterson and Barbara J Leonard Caregivers of Persons Living With AIDS - Patricia Flatley Brennan and Shirley M Moore Predictors of Caregiver Burden Among Support Group Members of Persons With Chronic Mental Illness - David E Biegel, Li-yu Song and Venkatesan Chakravarthy Psychoeducational Programs - Catherine F Kane From Blaming to Caring The Home Care of a Patient With Cancer - Charles W Given and Barbara A Given The Midlife Crisis Caregiving Issues After a Heart Attack - Rosalie F Young and Eva Kahana Perspectives on Elderly Patients and Their Families PART THREE: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN FORMAL CARE PROVIDERS AND CAREGIVING FAMILIES Care at Home - Lucy Rose Fischer and Nancy N Eustis Family Caregivers and Home Care Workers The Caregiver as the Hidden Patient - Jack H Medalie Challenges for Medical Practice Caregiving Issues in Families of Children With Chronic Medical Conditions - Anne E Kazak and Dimitri A Christakis Relationships Between the Frail Elderly's Informal and Formal Helpers - Linda S Noelker and David M Bass Conclusion - Eva Kahana, David E Biegel, and May L Wykle