Multidisciplinary Coordinated Caregiving

Part I. Introduction

1. The Status of Professional Caregiving in America
Shirley S. Travis, Ronda C. Talley

Part II. Discipline-specific Professional Caregiving

2. The State of Family Caregiving: A Nursing Perspective
Katherine Morton Robinson

3. Professional Gerontology and Caregiving
Miae Chun, Lewina O. Lee, Bob G. Knight

4. Social Work, Direct Care Workers, and Family Care Provider Challenges: Crisis in Care
Nancy R. Hooyman

5. Psychological Aspects of Caregiving
Laura M. Arnstein, Ronald T. Brown

6. Occupational Therapy Perspectives of Caregiving
Janet L. Valluzzi

7. Education: A Model of Schools as Caregiving Communities
K. Leigh Baldwin

Part III. Disciplinary Contributions to Caregiving

8. Health Communication and Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice
Lisa Sparks

9. An Anthropology of Caregiving
Frances K. Barg, Shimrit Keddem, Wendy Shiekman Cohen, Rebecca Henderson

10. Caregiving in Late Life: A Life Span Human Development Perspective
Karen A. Roberto, Shannon E. Jarrott

11. Contributions of Public Health to Caregiving
Ronda C. Talley, John E. Crews, Donald Lollar, Diane Elmore, Martha R. Crowther, Janet Valluzzi

12. Public Policy and Caregiving
Nora Super

Part IV. Conclusions

13. Professional Caregiving: Working Together to Provide Quality, Comprehensive, Coordinated Care—A Call to Action
Ronda C. Talley, Shirley S. Travis

Avainsanat: Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Social Policy, Educational Policy and Politics