Discusses the problem of practicum variability in professional nanny education. Offers an example of practicum standardization through learning modules. Describes the development, format, and implementation of the modules at the Community College of Allegheny. Offers suggestions for developing modules for practicum courses. (DMM)

Examined perceptions of decisional autonomy and decision-making processes among 64 elderly mothers and caregiving daughters. Mothers were highly involved in decisions affecting their lives, from daily care to major health decisions. Daughters were influential over major health, financial, and housing decisions. Mothers' level of personal care…

Claims there is no coherent public policy regarding aging and blindness, but five issues may provide perspective and direction: burgeoning demographic forces, the concept of independent living, a "small gains" orientation to rehabilitation of blind elders, the needs of family caregivers, and the roles of management and leadership during times of…

Contends that the aging of the population and the widespread prevalence of significant mental and physical disabilities create ethical dilemmas in providing care. Discusses two dilemmas, competency to refuse treatment, and recompense for prior mistreatment as illustrations. (Author/ABL)

Compared 59 abused and 49 non-abused elders to identify factors contributing to elder abuse and neglect by caregivers in domestic setting. Found that members of abusive families often had emotional problems. Abused elders and caregivers had become increasingly interdependent because of loss of other family members, social isolation, and financial…

Examined four popular hypotheses of family labor--time-available, socialization/ideology, external-resources, and specialization-of-tasks--to explain gender differences in caregiving to elderly parents. Data from adults with mother over age 70 revealed that these theories of gender differences in divisions of family labor did not adequately…

Examined correlates of caregiver burden among 30 caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients. Results revealed no significant correlation between length of time a caregiver had given care to a particular patient and the caregiver's subjective feelings of caregiver burden. Found significant, moderate correlation between caregiver burden and patient…

Argues for moral context in nursing education. Discusses steps taken at the University of Colorado School of Nursing to emphasize human caregiving in the curriculum. Also argues that the preferred future for nursing education is a postbaccalaureate program in human caring, health, and healing that leads to the nursing doctorate. (CH)

Examined the relationship between sibling caregiving and social cognitive knowledge. For each of 55 sibling dyads, the frequency of preschoolers' caregiving acts and the number of seconds the younger siblings were distressed were recorded. Although emotional role taking, knowledge of caregiving scripts, and toddler distress were positively related…

Examined maternal talk about events regarding hidden, missing, or absent persons or objects, and the relationship of maternal language to children's acquisition of words for disappearance, among 12 mother-infant pairs. Results found that infants who had acquired "gone" and similar terms experienced more disappearance events than children…

Notes that children with special needs often require specific considerations with regard to dental care. Discusses some of the physical disabilities and how they interfere with dental hygiene, and how child caregivers can modify daily routines and assist disabled children with areas of hygiene the children may find difficult. (HTH)

Examined use of paid help by impaired older people using data from Supplement on Aging to 1984 National Health Interview Survey. Results indicated that impaired elders turned to paid help when informal resources were unavailable. Paid help was more prevalent among elderly people with adequate economic resources and with access to entitlements.…

Spouse and adult child caregivers of older adults with major depressive disorder (n=150) reported most difficult and most regarding aspects of caregiving. Content analysis of reports revealed seven areas of difficulty and three areas of reward. Difficulties and rewards were selectively associated with caregiver's identity, patient clinical…

Interviewed 174 care-receiving mothers and their caregiving daughters concerning contributions of care receivers. Majority of respondents perceived that daughters received aid from mothers in return for help given. Mothers who reported giving advice and money had better health whereas mothers who reported giving information were more dependent…

Misunderstandings of African-American infant attachments are likely if evaluative standards derived from infant caregiving in traditional white middle-class culture and an external point of view are employed. An exploratory study involving 37 African-American infants found that they had between 2 and 5 primary adult caregivers, as well as a larger…