Caregiving in Times of Uncertainty: Helping Adult Children of Aging Parents Find Support during the COVID-19 Outbreak. Issue 6 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lightfoot, Elizabeth; Moone, Rajean P.
• Is Part Of: Journal of gerontological social work. Volume 63:Issue 6/7(2020)
• Page Start: 542
• Page End: 552
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Caregiving -- home and community-based services -- family relationships -- social support -- long-term care; older adults; Social work with older people -- United States -- Periodicals; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; 362.6
• DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2020.1769793
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-4372

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic, which is especially dangerous to older people, has disrupted the lives of older people and their family caregivers. This commentary outlines the adaptive and emerging practices in formal supportive services for family caregivers, the changing types of support that family caregivers are providing to their older relatives, and the ways family caregivers are seeking informal caregiving support during the COVID-19 outbreak.