Caregiving

Reports

• The Challenges of Family Caregiving: What Experts Say Needs to Be Done (AARP; 2011)
• Caregiving Costs: Declining Health in the Alzheimer’s Caregiver as Dementia Increases in the Care Recipient (National Alliance for Caregiving; 2011)
  
• The MetLife Study of Working Caregivers and Employer Health Care Costs (Metlife Mature Market Institute; 2010)
• GrandFacts: Data, Interpretation, and Implications for Caregivers (Generations United; 2009)
• Caregiving in the U.S. 2009 (National Alliance for Caregiving; 2009)
• Tips for Avoiding Caregiving Burnout (Foundation for Health and Aging; 2007)

News and Magazine Articles

• Letting Go of My Father (The Atlantic; 2010)
• Demands Grow on Workers Who Are Caregivers at Home (Ramnarace; AARP Bulletin Today; 2009)
• Offering Care for the Caregiver (NY Times; 2009)

Journal Articles

• Understanding Patterns of Service Utilization Among Informal Caregivers of Community Older Adults (Hong; The Gerontologist; 2010)
• A Broader View of Family Caregiving: Effects of Caregiving and Caregiver Conditions on Depressive Symptoms, Health, Work, and Social Isolation (Robison, Fortinsky, Kleppinger, Shugrue, and Porter; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2009)
• Impact of Caregiving on Health and Quality of Life: A Comparative Population-Based Study of Caregivers for Elderly Persons and Noncaregivers (Ho, Chan, Woo, Chong, and Sham; The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biomedical Sciences and Medical Sciences; 2009)
• End-of-Life Caregiver's Perspectives on their Role: Generative Caregiving (Phillips and Reed; The Gerontologist; 2009)

Congressional Records

• H.Con.Res 59 and S.Con. Res 37: Senior Caregiving and Affordability (111th Congress)
• Person-Centered Care: Reforming Services and Bringing Older Citizens Back to the Heart of Society (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2008)

Books

• Stuck in the Middle: Shared Stories And Tips For Caregiving Your Elderly Parents (McVicker and Puglielli; 2008)
• The Fearless Caregiver: How to Get the Best Care for Your Loved One and Still Have a Life of Your Own (Barg; 2003)
• Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal (McLeod; 2000)

Websites

• Family Caregiver Alliance (ongoing)
• National Alliance for Caregiving (ongoing)
• National Association for Homecare & Hospice (ongoing)
• Direct Care Alliance, Inc. (ongoing)