Development of Family Caregiving Competencies for Health Professionals: a Modified Delphi Study
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: One in five American households is involved in a wide range of caregiving activities that vary in their intensity from checking on aging parents to providing total care to a disabled family member. Health professionals are often unsure how to assess the learning needs of family caregivers. Using a modified Delphi approach, experts in the field of family caregiving provided two rounds of input on a set of health professional competencies that can be used to ensure that our workforce is equipped to address the complex needs of family caregivers. The domains include: (1) Multidimensional nature of family caregiving; (2) Family caregiving assessment and measurement; (3) Collaborating with family caregivers; and (4) Contextual conditions. We must make significant changes in the provision of care for older adults so that instead of excluding or ignoring the family caregiver, we include them as a full-fledged member of the health care team.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: J Mongoven, T A Harvath, K Bettega, H M Young
Institution: University of California, Davis
Language: English
Topic: Nursing care and research
Subfield: Pharmacy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2900348394