Dynamics of Intergenerational Caregiving

Providing care for individuals with dementia is among
the most
difficult challenges facing families caring for older
partners and
parents. Although some aspects of the caregiving
experience are
consistent across families, there is significant
variability in the ways
families experience, perceive, interact and cope with
the task of
caring for their family member. Expressed emotion
(EE), the degree
of criticism or emotional over-involvement that a
caregiver
expresses towards their care-recipient, serves as a
useful
framework for characterizing the caregiving
environment and is
predictive of care-recipients outcomes across a
variety of
conditions. However, it remains unclear why some
caregivers
respond to care-recipients with high EE and others do
not. One
construct that may play a role in patterns of EE is
attachment. A
significant body of literature has demonstrated that
attachment
guides caregiving behavior across a variety of
relationships. This
book presents a study that examines the complex
relationships
between attachment and EE.

Autorentext
Cory K. Chen, PhD completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and his internship at New York University/Bellevue Hospital Center. He is currently a Staff Psychologist at the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York City.

Klappentext
Providing care for individuals with dementia is among the most difficult challenges facing families caring for older partners and parents. Although some aspects of the caregiving experience are consistent across families, there is significant variability in the ways families experience, perceive, interact and cope with the task of caring for their family member. Expressed emotion (EE), the degree of criticism or emotional over-involvement that a caregiver expresses towards their care-recipient, serves as a useful framework for characterizing the caregiving environment and is predictive of care-recipients outcomes across a variety of conditions. However, it remains unclear why some caregivers respond to care-recipients with high EE and others do not. One construct that may play a role in patterns of EE is attachment. A significant body of literature has demonstrated that attachment guides caregiving behavior across a variety of relationships. This book presents a study that examines the complex relationships between attachment and EE.