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Invisible Caregivers : Older Adults Raising Children in the Wake of HIV/AIDS / ed. by Daphne Joslin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231119368
  • 9780231504584
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1/98929792
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Caregiving Profiles -- 3. Stigma, Isolation, and Support for HIV-Affected Elder Parental Surrogates -- 4. Death and Bereavement Issues -- 5. Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being -- 6. Stress and Social Support in Older Caregivers of Children with HIV/AIDS: An Intervention Model -- 7. Caring for the HIV-Infected Child -- 8. Their Second Chance: Grandparents Caring for Their Grandchildren -- 9. Custody and Permanency Planning -- 10. Case Management Challenges and Strategies -- 11. Caregivers and the Educational System -- 12. Immigrant and Migrant Families -- 13. Policy Implications for HIV-Affected Older Relative Caregivers -- 14. Global Implications -- 15. Conclusion -- Index
Summary: An understudied aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the creation of hundreds of thousands of grandparent-headed households that have become home to children bereft of one or both of their parents. Such "skip-generation parenting" presents a host of challenges to the families involved and the social programs designed to assist them. Despite this unprecedented caregiving responsibility, older surrogate parents remain relatively invisible, hidden in the shadows of HIV care and the demands of raising a child. The primary goal of Invisible Caregivers is to generate, support, and guide program and policy initiatives designed to meet the needs of elder surrogates and their families.Most social service programs are not able to identify the needs of older surrogates, often because these surrogate parents in HIV-infected families are reluctant to make their needs known for fear of social stigma or possible reductions of benefits. Multiple systemic barriers to case management and other services also frustrate attempts to bring available resources to elder caregivers. These barriers include professional ignorance or denial that HIV affects surrogates, eligibility restrictions through CARE, limited funding and age restriction on OAA, and a fragmented health and human service system. Because the issues facing elder caregivers are many and varied, this collection covers a host of issues: community health, aging, HIV services, child welfare, education, public policy, and mental health.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Caregiving Profiles -- 3. Stigma, Isolation, and Support for HIV-Affected Elder Parental Surrogates -- 4. Death and Bereavement Issues -- 5. Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being -- 6. Stress and Social Support in Older Caregivers of Children with HIV/AIDS: An Intervention Model -- 7. Caring for the HIV-Infected Child -- 8. Their Second Chance: Grandparents Caring for Their Grandchildren -- 9. Custody and Permanency Planning -- 10. Case Management Challenges and Strategies -- 11. Caregivers and the Educational System -- 12. Immigrant and Migrant Families -- 13. Policy Implications for HIV-Affected Older Relative Caregivers -- 14. Global Implications -- 15. Conclusion -- Index

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An understudied aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is the creation of hundreds of thousands of grandparent-headed households that have become home to children bereft of one or both of their parents. Such "skip-generation parenting" presents a host of challenges to the families involved and the social programs designed to assist them. Despite this unprecedented caregiving responsibility, older surrogate parents remain relatively invisible, hidden in the shadows of HIV care and the demands of raising a child. The primary goal of Invisible Caregivers is to generate, support, and guide program and policy initiatives designed to meet the needs of elder surrogates and their families.Most social service programs are not able to identify the needs of older surrogates, often because these surrogate parents in HIV-infected families are reluctant to make their needs known for fear of social stigma or possible reductions of benefits. Multiple systemic barriers to case management and other services also frustrate attempts to bring available resources to elder caregivers. These barriers include professional ignorance or denial that HIV affects surrogates, eligibility restrictions through CARE, limited funding and age restriction on OAA, and a fragmented health and human service system. Because the issues facing elder caregivers are many and varied, this collection covers a host of issues: community health, aging, HIV services, child welfare, education, public policy, and mental health.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)