Informal Caregivers: From Hidden Heroes to Integral Part of Care

majority) are only some of the reasons that contributed to Informal caregiving becoming acentral feature of the health care landscape and will become even more prominent in the decades ahead. The book draws on the experts’ high-end, current systematic research evidence and real-life examples on thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Charalambous, Andreas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Caregiving and Caregivers – Concepts, Caregiving Models and Systems
  • 2. Caregiving Burden and other psychosocial considerations
  • 3. Caregiving Within the Context of Elder Care
  • 4. Informal Caregivers in Care Efficiency
  • 5. - Caring for the Informal Carer – Coping in Caregiving
  • 6. Informal Caregivers and health literacy
  • 7. The use of information and communication technology among informal caregivers – Prof Evridiki Papastavrou (Cyprus)
  • 8. Family caregivers in palliative care within the hospital context – Prof Elina Haavisto
  • 9. Supporting caregivers of patients with childhood malignancies
  • 10. Informal caregivers: the advocacy/policy perspective
  • 11. Health behavioral change interventions in caregivers: the Prolepsis project
  • 12. Future direction