Long-term care of the elderly raises conflicts between personal autonomy and well-being. Assessments of decision-making capacity and definitions of negative and positive autonomy pose value-laden dilemmas for caregivers. (SK)

Analyzed relationships in traditional and caregiving homesharing arrangements. Respondents in both arrangements expressed satisfaction with basic money and service exchanges. For traditional arrangements, client satisfaction was related to lifestyle fit, social interaction desired and received, and lodger access in provider's home. In caregiving…

Examined contributions of men other than husbands who provide assistance to elderly people. Data from elders and their primary helpers gathered at two points in time revealed that male helpers provided intermittent assistance with occasional tasks but less frequently undertook routine household chores. Some evidence indicated shift toward female…

Notes that community-based care for chronic illness requires continuum of care. Identifies three aspects of organization of long-term care that are important in maintaining continuum: availability, accessibility, and acceptability. Illustrates each category by data from Missouri to demonstrate potential problems in each of three areas that can…

Compared the informal and formal caregiving of 269 functionally impaired elderly people residing on 53 Israeli kibbutzim. Results agreed with those from earlier studies which suggested that the availability of formal resources was not accompanied by withdrawal of informal supports. (Author/BHK)

Identifies images that are used to exemplify the early childhood educator and issues that are relevant to the early childhood profession. Issues concern appropriate qualifications, nomenclature, roles, profit-making services, and partnerships with parents. (RJC)

Developed 24-item, 5-subscale Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) as useful diagnostic tool for professional caregivers. Administered CBI to 107 caregivers of cognitively impaired older people. Individual cases illustrated that caregivers with same total burden scores can have markedly different patterns of burden and different social and…

Addresses the question of generational equity and discusses several intergenerational policies that have been proposed, including family leave and long-term home health care. Concludes that the aging lobby must adapt to a changing political landscape, view intergenerational policy proposals in a more favorable light, and devote more attention to…

Reviews evaluative studies published through 1987 of group intervention programs for family caregivers of older persons. Found no clear link between participant satisfaction and other important caregiver outcomes. Recommends giving more attention to format, content, and approach of intervention strategies used in caregiver support groups.…

Conducted in-depth interviews with 89 caregiving spouses to identify problems and coping techniques. Found the diversity of problems encountered by respondents required a varied repertoire of coping techniques. Caregivers showed general preference for managing situations on their own. Findings have implications for design of caregiver support…

Presents controversial issues concerning kinship care and findings from a survey of child welfare experts on their research priorities for kinship care. Discusses suggestions for future research in the following categories: children; families; services; state policies; experience of professionals and families; practice issues; and training. (TJQ)

Offers childcare workers information on the incidence of asthma among children; symptoms of asthma; types of asthma medications; and the use of peak flow meters. Provides checklists of things a childcare worker needs to know about an asthmatic child's medication and when to get emergency assistance. (AC)

Presents a strategy for foster family care operation in Korea. Includes discussions of a history of Korean foster care, present condition and problems, an operational plan, recommendations, and an overview of the American experience with foster family care and its implications for Korea. (DR)

Thirty-two in-depth interviews with low-income African American mothers of children with Sickle Cell Disease revealed a gender-based pattern of caregiving: mothers of sons saw their children as sicker, were more likely to restrict their children's activities, and invested more effort in their caregiving than did mothers of daughters. (JPS)

Examined parent-adolescent communication in 62 families of middle-adolescent children in which at least 1 parent was providing assistance to an aging grandparent. Study results illustrate the usefulness of combining life-span development and family systems theories to serve as framework for understanding parent-adolescent communication in a…