Defines and discusses advantages of parenting coalitions when children have contact with both of their parents after divorce and remarriage. Outlines developmental sequence leading to such coalitions and describes common obstacles encountered by the adults. Major focus is on therapeutic interventions which can help adults form parenting…

Steps for preparing for a vacation are outlined for childcare directors and teachers: decide on dates; prepare a "substitute survival folder"; plan for the absence; delegate parts of the job to different people; prepare by giving a copy of an itinerary to friends and neighbors; and let go of work once you leave. (DR)

A 3-month training program for 36 family child care providers was completed by 22, 9 of whom were members of professional associations. Quality of care was higher for affiliated caregivers, and quality of care of nonaffiliated caregivers improved after training. (SK)

Examines Heidegger's two forms of caring as a framework for looking critically at the understanding of caring. Explores the meaning of caring from the perspective of students and a family studies teacher in the everyday life of the classroom. (Author/JOW)

Teaching health occupations students to empathize with and understand the values and concerns of patients is critical. Using literature to illustrate ethical and clinical issues is an effective means of sensitizing students to the impact they have. (SK)

Compared African-American (n=33) and white (n=119) family caregivers of dementia patients on adaptation, adjustment, and utilization of support services. Found African-American and white caregivers differed most notably on marital and financial/insurance status, but there were few differences in adaptation to dementia responsibilities.…

Reviews literature on burnout and its prevention among caregivers to dying. Concludes that health care providers working with dying experience stressors unique to their specialty but also experience stressors common to other health care workers. Summarizes external and internal stressors common to specialty field and offers suggestions for…

Sources of stress for hospice volunteers are environmental, ideological, and personal. Attention to volunteer stress and burnout involves defining job requirements and responsibilities, frequent communication and feedback, stress management techniques, flexibility in assignments, and opportunities to verbalize emotions. (SK)

Examined consequences of institutionalization for 555 caregivers of dementia patients. Consistent with stress process model, institutionalization was hypothesized to have large impact on primary effects of caregiving and lesser influence on secondary effects and well-being. Following placement, caregivers experienced relief from primary effects of…

Studied 82 family caregivers to identify positive and negative factors associated with caregiving. Instruments included two new scales designed to measure perceived positive and negative events in previous month. For new scales, only items significantly correlated with depressive symptomatology were retained. Findings suggest scales may be useful…

Investigated determining variables of caregiver burden in caring for impaired older relatives in South Korea. Economic factors, daily caregiving hours, and caregiver's health status emerged as most important determinants of caregiver burden among 169 primary family caregivers in South Korea. Caregivers' congruency with traditional caregiver…

Outlines rationale for the Alzheimer's Disease Support Center (ADSC), a telecomputing-based project designed to provide information and support to caregivers of persons with dementia. Describes ADSC's context, structure, content, and operation. Notes that inherent features of telecomputing make computer-mediated information and support systems…

Applied Ruddick's (1989) theory of attentive love to interview data from 29 adult daughters caring for aging mothers. Found support for the theory that adult daughters preserve their aging mothers' lives, foster their growth, and try to help their mothers remain acceptable to society. Findings have implications for family and gerontological…

Presents view of caregiver stress as consequence of process comprising number of interrelated conditions, including the socioeconomic characteristics and resources of caregivers and the primary and secondary stressors to which they are exposed. Claims coping and social support can potentially intervene at multiple points along the stress process.…

Investigated distinctions caregivers use in thinking about home care tasks. Adult child caregivers (n=52) sorted 25 cards with caregiving tasks into similar groups. Results revealed three dimensions in caregiver task domain: type of impairment (physical versus cognitive-emotional), location of caregiving (within home versus outside home), and…