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A Look Towards The Future Of Eldercare: Lessons Learned From Social Care Models In Japan, Caroline M. Steil
A Look Towards The Future Of Eldercare: Lessons Learned From Social Care Models In Japan, Caroline M. Steil
Honors Theses
The rapidly accelerating trend of population aging is redefining the state of eldercare globally, as every country is currently or will soon face a gap in the excess demand for care versus the scarce supply of caregivers, both formal and informal. Specifically, there is a decrease in the number of elders seeking care through a family member as well as less caregivers in institutions to provide care for elders. Japan is at the vanguard of this caregiving gap, and thus provides key lessons, particularly from two innovative models of eldercare: Ibasho, a grass-roots, non-profit organization, and Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance …
Impact Of A Dyadic Intervention On Family Supporter Involvement In Helping Adults Manage Type 2 Diabetes, Margaret F. Zupa, Aaron Lee, John D. Piette, Ranak Trivedi, Ada Youk, Michele Heisler, Ann Marie Rosland
Impact Of A Dyadic Intervention On Family Supporter Involvement In Helping Adults Manage Type 2 Diabetes, Margaret F. Zupa, Aaron Lee, John D. Piette, Ranak Trivedi, Ada Youk, Michele Heisler, Ann Marie Rosland
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Background: Family support for adults’ diabetes care is associated with improved self-management and outcomes, but healthcare providers lack structured ways to engage those supporters. Objective: Assess the impact of a patient-supporter diabetes management intervention on supporters’ engagement in patients’ diabetes care, support techniques, and caregiving experience. Design: Multivariate regression models examined between-group differences in support-related measures observed as part of a larger trial randomizing participants to a dyadic intervention versus usual care. Participants: A total of 239 adults with type 2 diabetes and either A1c >8% or systolic blood pressure >160mmHg enrolled with a family supporter. Intervention: Health coaches provided …
Socializing Caregiving: Social Services, Women's Employment, And Overall Economic Success, Summer Caraway
Socializing Caregiving: Social Services, Women's Employment, And Overall Economic Success, Summer Caraway
Honors Theses
Despite general advancements in the status of women in recent decades, women still experience unequal access to the workforce in most countries, in part due to their caregiving responsibilities. This thesis analyzes the effects of different social services on women’s employment in all developed OECD countries, as well as the effect of women’s employment on the economy in these same countries. Then this thesis examines pro-female-employment policies in case studies on Ireland, France, and Sweden to determine the most effective means of promoting women’s employment.