The American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging is proud to be publishing the 2nd edition of Eldercare at Home as a resource for families and friends who are caring for older people at home. Written by experienced health professionals, the book is a tool for caregivers who are working in consultation with a health care professional in providing home care for an older person.
Families are increasingly involved in caring for older adults who want to remain at home. Providing that care can be one of the most rewarding experiences of one’s life. It can be one of the most challenging experiences as well. Family caregivers frequently have to deal with new, unfamiliar problems and learn new skills. They must do this in the context of strong emotional relationships. They must also involve the older person as much as possible in his or her own care. At the same time, family members need to take care of themselves so that they are able to provide the long-term care that is required and maintain their own quality of life.
To meet these challenges, advice and guidance from experienced professionals can be important and helpful. The 2nd edition of Eldercare at Home gives this guidance. The book gives clear, practical instructions for dealing with common caregiving problems and supports a problem-solving approach to managing care at home and working cooperatively with health professionals.
This workbook is part of a comprehensive program by The American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging to provide support and guidance to families caring for an older person at home. The major goal of this program is to make the 2nd edition of Eldercare at Home available to all caregivers. To that end, this plain text version (without illustrations) of Eldercare at Home is available free of charge online.
The Foundation has also created a fully illustrated Workbook for individuals to use at home, and a PowerPoint® Presentation Package that can be used in community settings to teach family caregivers how to solve problems that they face when caring for an older person at home. For more information, including a sample chapter of each new product
click here.
Editor
Peter S. Houts, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Associate Editors
Cathy Alessi, MD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
North Hills, California
Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Moira Fordyce, MD, FRCPE
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, California
Laurence Rubenstein, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF
UCLA School of Medicine
VA Medical Center
Sepulveda, California
Contributors and their professional affiliations
