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Families in Crisis
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- Title: Families in Crisis: A Case Study of Elder Caregivers
- Author(s): Nanette J. Davis, Anne Conroy Cutter Mikkelsen
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: New Directions in the Humanities
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
- Keywords: Women Caregivers, Elder Caregivers, Family Caregivers, Designated Caregivers, Caregiver Burden, Caretaking, Global Graying, Dependency, Frail Elderly, Chronically Ill, Long-Term Care, Stress Management Model, Inadequate Resources, Social Policy, Narrative
- Volume: 3
- Issue: 9
- Date: November 17, 2006
- ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i09/41852
- Citation: Davis, Nanette J., and Anne Conroy Cutter Mikkelsen. 2006. "Families in Crisis: A Case Study of Elder Caregivers." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 3 (9): 129-140. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v03i09/41852.
- Extent: 12 pages
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Abstract
A presentation of 51 interviews with elder caregivers and their stories of choice, challenge and wisdom; examination of financial, social and emotional resources for coping with extended care.
