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Toni Hill, UN-Kearney
from NCFR Community Blog

Intergenerational caregiving impacting relative relationships

Toni Hill, University of Nebraska-Kearney
Posted by Toni Hill | August 19, 2011

As part of a series on intergenerational relationships, New Professional member Toni Hill offers observations on caregiving among family members, a topic that is of increasing importance in our aging society, and the research that has and could be done.

"Caregiving is Just What Families Do": Challenges of Aging Families and Health
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"Caregiving is Just What Families Do": Challenges of Aging Families and Health - Video Recording

Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D., Kraemer Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is a practicing clinical psychologist who helped establish the CU Aging Center in Colorado Springs which provides mental health services for older adults.

Rutgers University
from NCFR News

Participants needed

for research on siblings and elder care
October 09, 2012

A researcher at Rutgers University is conducting a study titled “The communication behaviors of adult siblings while caring for aging parents.” 

from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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12:15 pm - 2:00 pm | Regency Ballroom B

"Caregiving is Just What Families Do": Challenges of Aging Families and Health

Closing Plenary Session

Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D., Kraemer Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Greetings From Session Sponsor: Susan Walker, University of Minnesota Department of Family Social Science

Presentation of the Feldman Outstanding Research Proposal for Research in Family Policy. Presenter: Diana Baltimore, SNP of the Family Policy Section and Award Committee Chair

Presentation of the Feldman Internship Award or Feldman Travel Award. Presenter: Diana Baltimore, SNP of the Family Policy Section and Award Committee Chair

Presiding: Leigh A. Leslie, 2012 Program Chair

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science, B. Jan McCulloch, Ph.D., Head.

The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues
from NCFR News

The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues

special issue on Caregiving available
June 19, 2012

The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues has published a special edition on  caregiving.

Aimee Galick
from NCFR Community Blog

Observations in Medical Family Therapy

By Aimee Galick
Posted by Nancy Gonzalez | April 17, 2012

This NCFR member, sitting in a coffee shop, made a few observations about an older couple sitting nearby-observations on caregiving, on aging and on her field of medical family therapy.

from NCFR News

News from NIH

brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse
March 27, 2012

According to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Germany, Italy, and Japan, distinct patterns of activity - which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants - appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face.

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Caregiving in Aging Families: Challenges in a Changing Economic World - Audio Recording

With the aging of the U.S. population, increasing numbers of older adults will experience chronic disabilities requiring care. Currently family caregivers provide the majority of care for impaired older adults, often at great sacrifice to the caregiver’s own well-being, and changing social and economic circumstances can provide even greater challenges in the years ahead. This presentation addresses how social and economic changes affect family caregivers now and in the years to come.
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Fall 2011 NCFR Report Magazine

Family Focus on Intergenerational Relationships

In this issue of NCFR Report, your colleagues examine the many facets of intergenerational relationships—the joys and the ambivalence.

from 2011 NCFR Annual Conference
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3:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Salon 3

Caregiving in Aging Families: Challenges in a Changing Economic World

Concurrent Sessions 3

With the aging of the U.S. population, increasing numbers of older adults will experience chronic disabilities requiring care. Currently family caregivers provide the majority of care for impaired older adults, often at great sacrifice to the caregiver’s own well-being, and changing social and economic circumstances can provide even greater challenges in the years ahead. This presentation addresses how social and economic changes affect family caregivers now and in the years to come.

Sponsored by the Family and Health Section and the Issues in Aging Focus Group.