Jacquie Eales, Janet Fast & Andrew Magnaye
For the past 25 years, Jacquie Eales has been the Research Manager with the Research on Aging, Policies and Practice (RAPP) program in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta. She is passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of older adults and family caregivers by working collaboratively with stakeholders to bridge research, policy and practice.
Janet Fast is a family and consumer economist and Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta and is Co-Director of the RAPP program. Her research focuses on the economics of aging, the paid work and unpaid care work of family members, and the capacity of assistive technologies to address the consequences of family care.
Andrew Magnaye is a PhD student in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta and member of its RAPP team. His research focuses on the intersection among aging, family care and migration.He looks to bring meaningful change to the lives of older adults and their families across the life course by bridging research with timely and effective policy and practice recommendations.
Janet Fast is a family and consumer economist and Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta and is Co-Director of the RAPP program. Her research focuses on the economics of aging, the paid work and unpaid care work of family members, and the capacity of assistive technologies to address the consequences of family care.
Andrew Magnaye is a PhD student in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta and member of its RAPP team. His research focuses on the intersection among aging, family care and migration.He looks to bring meaningful change to the lives of older adults and their families across the life course by bridging research with timely and effective policy and practice recommendations.
How can we sustain family carers’ capacity to care? What carers need and how technology can help provide it
Much of the work of caring for the growing population of older adults is done by family members who often find themselves in the proverbial “club sandwich” generation, struggling to juggle the competing demands of employment, raising a family, and providing unpaid care. Caregiving is often stressful and burdensome, in part due to the lack of support for family carers. In this blog post, the authors of a new qualitative study in BMC Geriatrics discuss what they learned about carers’ goals and how technology could help them.
Family carers are often invisible to the health care system in meeting the care needs of older people. Yet, family carers – people who assist a family member or friend with challenges resulting from illness, disability or aging – provide three-quarters of the care older adults receive. Demands on family carers are increasing as populations age, disability rates increase, and demands on our health and continuing care sectors escalate. In these circumstances, sustainability of family care becomes a pressing issue.
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