Discusses the present status of child-care services for preschoolers. Indicates that while data on available services are not complete, there will be a continuing demand for accessible, affordable, quality programs. (JOW)

A description of the Office of Child Development's new Child Development Associates Program (CDA), which is based on demonstrated competencies. The basic assumptions behind the program, the six competency areas, a general discussion of the goals and methods, and a list of the 13 pilot training projects are included. (ST)

Describes the organization, facilities, financing, and personnel involved. (SP)

Presents list of resources useful to teachers and parents in helping children cope with handicaps and hospital experiences. (MS)

Interviews with 20 AIDS volunteers suggested six themes for volunteer caregiving: caring, supporting, touching, balancing, benefiting, and reflecting. The volunteers remained enthusiastic and positive and had effective coping strategies. Ways to train and support them were suggested. (SK)

Discusses child care as a system of shared socialization, considering how this role shapes the provision of children's developmental needs, parental expectations of socialization, the child's needs, and the importance of collaboration between parents and caregivers. Examines the effects of cultural differences on expectations for children's…

Describes transitions over 5 years among community-dwelling elderly spouses into and within caregiving roles and associated health outcomes. The trajectory of health outcomes associated with caregiving was generally downward. Those who transitioned to heavy caregiving had more symptoms of depression, and poorer self-reported health and health…

Examined hypotheses about relationship between care-related strain and difficulty adjusting to impaired relative's death. Panel data from spouse and adult-child caregivers collected before and after death support hypothesis that individuals who appraise caregiving as more difficult and those who report more negative caregiving consequences for…

Presents case study which highlights attendant cognitive changes that occur in Alzheimer's patient, presenting caregiver with challenges to couple's sexual functioning. Describes man who reported erectile dysfunction directly stemming from stressful changes that had occurred in his relationship to his wife who had Alzheimer's disease. General…

Examined nature and extent of incongruent view of caregiving held by older persons and their caregivers and characteristics of caregivers and care receivers associated with the development of such views. Findings from 50 caregiving dyads support earlier studies reporting that discrepant views of caregiving relationship are common. (Author/NB)

Interviewed five caregiving nursing staff members involved in dementia care concerning their ambivalent feelings toward spoon-feeding a severely demented patient. Although tube-feeding was regarded as an easier way to provide nourishment, spoon-feeding was preferred because it provided more human contact and love. (Author/NB)

Contrasted predictors of depression among 101 men and 214 women providing care to spouses suffering from Alzheimer's Disease using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies (CES-D) Depression Index. Results indicated that caregiving wives were more depressed and more burdened than were caregiving husbands. (Author/BHK)

Discusses the development, dissemination, and potential use of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct. (BB)

Interviewed 32 registered family day care (FDC) providers concerning their evaluations of problems; satisfactions; how FDC affects their personal life; their children's experiences; and how families organize time, space, and personal belongings. Also considered providers' evaluations of FDC safety. Findings have implications for planning family…

Factor analysis of instrument administered to sample of adult children (N=71) generated two dimensions: FAA (filial anxiety A), anxiety over anticipated caregiving role, and FAB (filial anxiety B), anxiety over parent's anticipated decline. Both were internally consistent. In second sample (N=53), validity was evidenced because FAA was related to…