Nursing and Family Caregiving

Informationen zum Autor Anne Neufeld RN, PhD is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Klappentext "Designated a Doody's Core Title! """[T]his text is a truly amazing microanalytic compendium of social support strategies in different family configurations, in different context and ethnic groups, and filling different types of needs.""" --From the Foreword by Janice M. Morse, RN, PhD, FAAN University of Utah This book serves as an authoritative reference for health care practitioners and researchers concerned with mobilizing support for individuals caring for a disabled adult or child family member. The authors integrate numerous types of research to provide a comprehensive compendium of best practices for social support within vulnerable populations. This book provides a wealth of insight into the experience of family caregivers and describes the importance of support. Nurses, practitioners, researchers, and professionals will find this book useful, as they provide care to patients, plan programs, or develop policies intended to assist family caregivers. Armed with this essential knowledge of the best methodological approaches to family caregiving, readers will have both the insight and tools to optimize caregiving across the range of hospices, treatment facilities, and home care. Key Highlights: Information on supportive interactions, reciprocity, and the obligations of social support Illustrative examples of the supportive and nonsupportive interactions that real-life men and women caregivers have experienced Discussions of social support from the informal social networks of kin and friends Information on social support within minority populations, including the elderly, children, and immigrants " Zusammenfassung Presents a framework for nurse practitioners and researchers concerned with mobilizing support for individuals caring for an adult or child family member in varied caregiving situations. This book suggests strategies for men and women to become advocates in response to nonsupportive interactions and provides a qualitative research paradigm. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE FAMILY CAREGIVING AND SUPPORTIVE AND NONSUPPORTIVE INTERACTIONS 1. Caregiving And Social Support2. Supportive Interactions, Reciprocity And Obligation3. Nonsupportive Interactions in Varied Caregiving Situations4. Mobilizing Support from Family and Friends5. Mobilizing Support from Professional Sources6. Social Support and Caregiving in the Context of Migration7. Becoming an Advocate in Response to Nonsupportive Interactions8. A Guide to Support FacilitationPART TWO METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES: LESSONS LEARNEDIntroduction to Part 2 Methodological Approaches: Lessons Learned9. Data Generation: Interactive Use of Genograms and Ecomaps10. Using a Card Sort Technique in Data Generation11. Facilitating Participation of a Vulnerable Group: Immigrant WomenConclusion...

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Anne Neufeld RN, PhD is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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"Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"""[T]his text is a truly amazing microanalytic compendium of social support strategies in different family configurations, in different context and ethnic groups, and filling different types of needs.""" --From the Foreword by Janice M. Morse, RN, PhD, FAAN University of Utah This book serves as an authoritative reference for health care practitioners and researchers concerned with mobilizing support for individuals caring for a disabled adult or child family member. The authors integrate numerous types of research to provide a comprehensive compendium of best practices for social support within vulnerable populations. This book provides a wealth of insight into the experience of family caregivers and describes the importance of support. Nurses, practitioners, researchers, and professionals will find this book useful, as they provide care to patients, plan programs, or develop policies intended to assist family caregivers. Armed with this essential knowledge of the best methodological approaches to family caregiving, readers will have both the insight and tools to optimize caregiving across the range of hospices, treatment facilities, and home care. Key Highlights: Information on supportive interactions, reciprocity, and the obligations of social support Illustrative examples of the supportive and nonsupportive interactions that real-life men and women caregivers have experienced Discussions of social support from the informal social networks of kin and friends Information on social support within minority populations, including the elderly, children, and immigrants "

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Presents a framework for nurse practitioners and researchers concerned with mobilizing support for individuals caring for an adult or child family member in varied caregiving situations. This book suggests strategies for men and women to become advocates in response to nonsupportive interactions and provides a qualitative research paradigm.

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PART ONE FAMILY CAREGIVING AND SUPPORTIVE AND NONSUPPORTIVE INTERACTIONS

1. Caregiving And Social Support
2. Supportive Interactions, Reciprocity And Obligation
3. Nonsupportive Interactions in Varied Caregiving Situations
4. Mobilizing Support from Family and Friends
5. Mobilizing Support from Professional Sources
6. Social Support and Caregiving in the Context of Migration
7. Becoming an Advocate in Response to Nonsupportive Interactions
8. A Guide to Support Facilitation
   PART TWO METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES: LESSONS LEARNED
   Introduction to Part 2 Methodological Approaches: Lessons Learned
9. Data Generation: Interactive Use of Genograms and Ecomaps
10. Using a Card Sort Technique in Data Generation
11. Facilitating Participation of a Vulnerable Group: Immigrant Women
    Conclusion