Integrating Family Care Partners in Aged Caregiving in the United States

Integrating Family Care Partners in Aged Caregiving in United States addresses the siloed nature of family caregiving in relation to formal paid caregiving, and the imperative that family caregivers or care partners must be integrated in the care of older adults and people living with disabilities. Knowledgeable care partners are crucial to optimal health and social care delivery.

After defining the problems of demographic shifts and financing constraints, this book explores practices and policies that promote care partner integration. This emerging paradigm positions family care partners as integral members of wider long term services and supports (LTSS) in the United States, recognizing them not only as participants but also as authorities in the lived experience of care work. To improve LTSS for older and disabled adults, two key changes are necessary: better recognition of care partners, and integration of their efforts into formal care systems currently falling short of meeting the holistic needs care recipients. Select chapters outline non-US strategies employed around the globe to tackle challenges referred to in that chapter.

This book will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals in social work, health administration, public health, nursing, medicine, public policy, and public administration.