Profiles in caregiving: the unexpected career

Setting the Stage. Caregiving Careers and Stress Processes. An Empirical Inquiry into Caregiving. The Organization of Stressors in the Lives of Caregivers. The Natural History of Care-Related Stress. Stress Proliferation. The Containment of Care-Related Stressors. The Transition to Institutional Care. Adaptation Following Institutionalization. The Timing and Settings of Patient Death. Bereavement. Clinical Interventions and Caregiving Careers. Implications for Public Policy and Society. A Review and Overview of Caregiving Careers. The Care-Related Stress Process. In Retrospect. Closing Commentary. References. Index.