{"product_id":"caregiving-with-pride","title":"Caregiving with Pride","description":"\u003cp\u003eGroundbreaking information for caregivers—and those receiving care \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is more common now than ever before for partners, family members, and friends to provide informal care, yet caregiving in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities has received little attention. \u003cem\u003eCaregiving with Pride\u003c\/em\u003e is the pioneering examination of caregiving experiences in the LGBT population. This important text also provides a frank discussion of the issues involved in needing and receiving care as well. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this both a timely account of an important field and practical information for implementing change. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnique in its focus and scope, \u003cem\u003eCaregiving with Pride\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers original research and new summaries and analyses of existing literature. With a wide-ranging approach that is both readable and enlightening, this essential collection recognizes the changing nature of families as central to the issues of caregiving and LGBT communities. It features articles that insist on and illustrate the importance of taking both identity issues and socio-cultural policy contexts of caregiving into account. While maintaining a multifaceted biopsychosocial perspective that is critical to understanding the varied aspects of this topic, contributors discuss:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe prevalence of caregiving with LGBT communities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehealth issues and the needs of those requiring care \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe unique risk and protective factors impacting HIV\/AIDS caregivers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe psychological effects - positive and negative - of caregiving \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efamily and personal - “chosen family” - relationships \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einteractions with formal systems of health and long-term care \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eeffects of history and social stigma on those needing and giving care \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow current social policies impede LGBT people in their access to care \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe ways established medical guidelines hinder LGBT caregivers in their efforts to help \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexisting interventions and opportunities to better sever these communities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile \u003cem\u003eCaregiving with Pride\u003c\/em\u003e provides a detailed perspective of the current state of this often overlooked field, it also looks ahead and outlines a practical, useable blueprint for future research, services, and policies in marginalized communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an informative stand-alone resource, \u003cem\u003eCaregiving with Pride\u003c\/em\u003e is essential for gerontologists, sociologists, historians, social workers, psychologists, educators, researchers, and policy makers. In addition, this collection is ideal as a supplementary text for students of aging, women studies, GLBT studies, sociology, and health studies as well as the larger GLBT community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54245597184344,"sku":"9781560237594","price":74.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781560237594_0ebc5cc8-6511-45bd-bed3-08748b0ba3d5.jpg?v=1779426923","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/caregiving-with-pride","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}