TY - JOUR
T1 - Unpaid caregiving and aging in place in the United States
T2 - Advancing the value of occupational therapy
AU - Fields, Beth
AU - Rodakowski, Juleen
AU - Jewell, Vanessa D.
AU - Arthanat, Sajay
AU - Park, Melissa
AU - Piersol, Catherine Verrier
AU - Niemiec, Stacey L.Schepens
AU - Womack, Jennifer
AU - Mroz, Tracy M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Grant No. RTGE-0342).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Unpaid caregivers are often expected to help family members or friends overcome activity limitations and participation restrictions to successfully age in place. Caregivers assume multiple responsibilities, such as managing their own physical and psychosocial needs and navigating a complex health care system, and many feel ill equipped to fulfill the necessary health care responsibilities for their care recipients. Underprepared caregivers may cause poor outcomes for care recipients. Federal and state policy proposals call attention to the need to better support caregivers, especially as their numbers increase. Occupational therapy practitioners are well positioned to effectively engage caregivers as they navigate the health care system. The occupational therapy process looks broadly at the functional abilities, environmental contexts, and occupational demands that play a pivotal role in successful aging in place for clients and better outcomes for their caregivers. Now is the time to define occupational therapy's distinct value to this area.
AB - Unpaid caregivers are often expected to help family members or friends overcome activity limitations and participation restrictions to successfully age in place. Caregivers assume multiple responsibilities, such as managing their own physical and psychosocial needs and navigating a complex health care system, and many feel ill equipped to fulfill the necessary health care responsibilities for their care recipients. Underprepared caregivers may cause poor outcomes for care recipients. Federal and state policy proposals call attention to the need to better support caregivers, especially as their numbers increase. Occupational therapy practitioners are well positioned to effectively engage caregivers as they navigate the health care system. The occupational therapy process looks broadly at the functional abilities, environmental contexts, and occupational demands that play a pivotal role in successful aging in place for clients and better outcomes for their caregivers. Now is the time to define occupational therapy's distinct value to this area.
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U2 - 10.5014/AJOT.2021.044735
DO - 10.5014/AJOT.2021.044735
M3 - Article
C2 - 34780633
AN - SCOPUS:85114101603
VL - 75
JO - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
JF - American Journal of Occupational Therapy
SN - 0272-9490
IS - 5
M1 - 7505347010
ER -