MYTH:  Caregiving Research Remains Static and Has Not Helped the Process of Caregiving.

Caregiving research has been prolific. Much has centered about caregiver burden and caring for persons with cognitive impairment. Study over the last twenty years has led to the development and use of numerous supportive interventions directed toward the caregiver. Study of the care receiver has been somewhat neglected, as care receiver-specific resources have been more focused on treating the medical condition than attending to supportive therapies and studies.

   While caregiving and aging research has often focused on disease and its prevention and treatment, a significant body of study has been dedicated to behaviors, support, programs, and most recently, ethics. In the course of caregiving, many choices exist and decisions are made. The media and science have enhanced and more aggressively pursued communication and marketing of information related to research on caregiving and ethics. Caregivers and caregiving professionals seek and use this information and translate it into resources. The following issues relevant to caregiving have been identified to be on the cutting edge of health care and ethics.

   In the course of each caregiving situation, many choices exist, decisions are made. The media and science have enhanced and more aggressively pursued the communication and marketing of information related to caregiving. Caregivers are seeking and using this information and translating it into resources. The following are but a few of the cutting edge issues.

For additional information on this topic, please check the following:

  Assisted Suicide

  Elder Law

  Ethics in Research

  Genetic Testing

  Managed Care

  Patient Photography
 

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