Examined cognitive impairment as predictor of community services used by older adults. For 97 health care clients, effects of 4 predictors differed depending on clients' cognitive impairment: living arrangement, presence of secondary caregivers, client depression, and task burden of primary caregiver. Found no differences in predictors of social…

Attachment theory provides a framework for understanding children's relationships to their primary and secondary caregivers. The theory describes how secure attachment bonds are formed between children and caregivers and the consequences of both secure and insecure attachment relationships. Recommendations for putting attachment theory into…

The most important part of any babysitting job is everyone's safety while the parents are gone. The article makes suggestions about what parents should ask prospective babysitters before hiring them and discusses issues that parents must cover with babysitters before leaving them alone with the children. (SM)

Describes investigation examining ways both single and married mothers of preschoolers combine child care arrangements for preschool children and what factors affect use of multiple versus single child care arrangements. Suggests that married mothers use fewer hours of care from fathers and relatives than single mothers. (CRR)

Telephone interviews with 294 people in Quebec involved in informal care of elderly persons found that perceived burden was related to level of assistance provided, participation in personal care activities, the elderly person's functional independence and health status, caregiver's age, relationship between caregiver and patient, living…

In study of 100 adult child caregivers, 40 percent were experiencing conflict with another family member, usually sibling. Most conflict arose because relative failed to provide sufficient help. Caregivers experiencing family conflict had significantly higher perceived burden and poorer mental health than did caregivers without conflict.…

Reviews moral and ethical context of family relationships and caregiver stress, with emphasis on implications for professional interventions. Presents three views of filial responsibility: parental reverence, debt of gratitude, and caregiving as expression of friendship and love. Presents case studies to illustrate how exploration of ethically…

Describes Time Off Promotes Strength (TOPS), program for caregivers of Alzheimer's victims which provides in-home and day program services. Explains that, through application of service/training model adapted from Global Deterioration Scale, TOPS maintains high quality of services with limited but highly trained professional staff. (Author/NB)

An examination of various surveys of family child care providers found that new providers need an initial understanding of the business aspects of operating a family child care home, whereas more experienced providers need updates on such topics as taxes, parent communication, solutions for problems, and networking information. (MDM)

Compared the relationship between psychosocial environmental factors and toddlers' adaptive behavior in Egypt. Consistent with studies done in Western cultures, it was found that caregiver vocal stimulation was positively related to indices of toddler behavioral competence, whereas nonverbal response to vocalization and physical contact…

Examined how adult children in Canada whose parents were hospitalized in acute care setting perceived responsibility for parents' care. Children rated amount of financial, emotional, and physical support families "should" and "could" give to elderly parents described in four vignettes. All scores were high, with…

Alzheimer's disease caregiver support groups were developed simultaneously in two cities with existing Alzheimer's disease support groups but without ethnic minority use. "Ethic competence" concept, featuring ethnographic methods, was applied in African-American and Hispanic communities in both sites. In 2 years, 114 ethnic minority primary…

Explored personal autonomy issues within family caregiver-care recipient dyads (n=15) in which care recipients were blind or visually impaired. Found little evidence of significant conflicts in relationships although family members were more sensitive to autonomy issues than were their frail older relatives. Both groups defined disability itself…

Examined demographic profiles of older wards and their guardians and adjudication process, as experienced by older persons placed in legal guardianship. Found that family members' petitions for guardianship were seldom challenged by older person and goal of most guardianship cases was to preserve older individual's estate. Suggests that state…

Addresses family's experience of caring for mentally ill family member at home. Proposes model of intervention that allows therapists and families to examine content and context of psychotic material and to intervene in nonthreatening ways. Proposed model is based on psychoeducation and communications theory. Develops effectiveness of content and…