Caregiver well-being: a strengths-based case management approach.
Family caregiving creates challenges and gains for professionals and family members involved in the caregiving arrangement. Caregiver well-being, in particular, is a complex and multidimensional concept for case managers as they engage in assessment, measurement and intervention planning. This article describes a blending of concepts--case management, strengths model and caregiver well-being--and presents applications of this integrated practice framework. The Caregiver Well-Being Scale is discussed as a tool for use in case management with elders and their family caregivers. Case scenarios derived from a strengths-based practice perspective are presented as examples of ways in which the Scale can be integrated into case management practice. Implications for programmatic use are also highlighted.
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Saint Louis University, School of Social Service, MO 63103, USA.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012649:Self Concept