As so many of the presidential programming sessions at this year's APA Annual Convention have already emphasized, caregiving is a responsibility that will touch almost all of us at some point in our lives. And with an aging population and so many people caring for ill and disabled children and young adults, the need for help from psychologists on reducing the stresses on family caregivers across the lifespan will only continue to grow.
In response to this need, APA President Carol Goodheart, PhD, convened the APA Presidential Task Force on Caregivers in the spring of 2009. The culmination of their work on the issue of caregiving will be revealed in early 2011 with the launch of the web-based APA Family Caregiver Briefcase for Psychologists. At a session Saturday, Goodheart and the other task-force members provided a glimpse into several of the components of the briefcase, including:
- Facts and figures about family caregiving and common caregiving problems
- Tips on how to reach caregivers
- Assessment and intervention strategies and tools
- Information on conducting caregiver research
- Advice on addressing the needs of culturally diverse groups
"Psychologists, with their deep appreciation of family dynamics, their understanding of the trauma of illness and their access to patients and caregivers in hospital, clinic, school, community and therapeutic settings, really are the perfect professionals to deal with caregiving issues," Patenaude said.
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