...Immigration trends and the increasing numbers of older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) have increased the demand for transnational care. While immigrant caregivers play a crucial role in providing essential support for individuals with ADRD, little is known about...

... their caregiving roles. We suggest researchers focus on authentic engagement and consider working with the right person, at the right time, for the right purpose. We outline practical strategies for meaningful engagement with carers and call for a shift in culture to better value these carers’ unique perspectives...

...Abstract The growing incidence of cancer worldwide and the biopsychosocial consequences for the patient and caregiver are a major issue. Advanced cancer impels patients and their family caregivers to confront physical deterioration, emotional and existential suffering, the anticipation of loss...

...Abstract The rise in Alzheimer's due to global ageing poses significant challenges for caregivers, predominantly older women. The caregiving role often results in emotional, physical, and social tolls, leading to chronic stress, deteriorating health, and caregiver burnout. This paper focusses...

...Introduction Despite efforts to enlighten experts and caregivers alike, the image of “the poor child with impairment and its burdened parents” is still very much alive. In the fields of education, work, health, and social media, the notion that an overload of care is needed to cope with a family's...

...Abstract Purpose This study compared different types of full-time caregiver (e.g., children, older adults, COVID-19 patients) and subgroups (e.g., disability, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation) in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic for potentially meaningful distinctions...

...Gender imbalance in informal caregiving is mediated by racialization ( Bruhn & Rebach, 2014 ; Flinn, 2018 ); caregivers who are Black number roughly the same between men or women, while Latinx caregivers are more often men ( Flinn, 2018 ). Simply serving equally may not be enough, however; men...

...Abstract Paid and unpaid care in the home are closely intertwined, but a lack of outside supervision and support often forces paid and unpaid caregivers to negotiate care tasks, responsibilities, and boundaries alone, leading to role conflict and role ambiguity. This analysis draws on two existing...

.... Similar to their employers, nannies mother by proxy. However, the caregivers of their children are valued and respected, and assume third parent status. Their presence therefore supports not only the mother but also minimizes the gap created by physical absence through distance. Both mother and children...

... the ongoing power of unequal social relations – organized around class and gender and their intersection – in shaping the recursive relationship of jobs and families. Work hours class gender family caregivers family policy People say the family is a haven in a heartless world. And it is the job which...

...We used three NSHAP variables to construct the independent variables that we employ in this study. The NSHAP variables measure: (1) whether the respondent was currently caregiving for another adult; (2) if yes, the relationship of the respondent to the person to whom s/he was providing care; and (3...