Current State Of Caregiving In the United States: Trends, Realities, and Implications for Practitioners
Each year, millions of Americans serve as family caregivers in the United States. Many of these caregivers are juggling a multitude of other responsibilities, including other caregiving roles, paid work, and everyday life tasks. This training will provide an overview of the statistics of family caregivers in the United States. An understanding of caregiving roles and responsibilities, as well as ways to support caregiver health and wellness will be explored. Given the growing number of family caregivers across the country, professionals in the helping professions are likely to continue to support family caregivers in organizations, agencies, and clinical practice settings. This training will equip attendees with knowledge, strategies, and resources to understand the multi-faceted nature of family caregiving and support family caregivers.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to articulate the many types of family caregivers.
Participates will be able to explain strategies and supports available for family caregivers.
Participants will be able to identify the challenges and rewards that family caregivers experience.
Topic(s)
General Clinical Practice, Gerontology
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Psychologist
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