TY - JOUR
T1 - Caregiving in Times of Uncertainty
T2 - Helping Adult Children of Aging Parents Find Support during the COVID-19 Outbreak
AU - Lightfoot, Elizabeth
AU - Moone, Rajean P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Caregiving
KW - family relationships
KW - home and community-based services
KW - long-term care; older adults
KW - social support
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U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2020.1769793
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2020.1769793
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 32449648
AN - SCOPUS:85085998014
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 63
SP - 542
EP - 552
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 6-7
ER -