Education for Caregivers
Education Overview
The past several decades have seen an increase in academic attention to the study of family caregiving and an increase in the number of psychologists involved in education and teaching about caregiving.
This section describes innovative educational strategies to incorporate caregiving topics into graduate and undergraduate curricula, community and professional workshops, and the training of interprofessional teams.
In the Education Section
Exposing students to caregiving topics can help them understand how caregiving impacts all parts of the lifecycle.
Resources for educators interested in incorporating family caregiving into their academic courses or training.
Caregiving and Interprofessional Teams
Collaborative relationships across disciplines leading to integrated teams may be more sensitive to caregivers’ concerns and more receptive to their participation in treatment planning.
Psychologists can teach the public about caregiver subpopulations (dementia, chronically ill children, developmentally disabled adults), stress management tips and psychological and medical consequences of caregiving.
Last updated: 2020Date created: 2011