Caregiving Archives

05.18.2020 a person in a protective suit holding a swab to a boy's face

Caring for Immigrant Caregivers

Without immigrants to fill a substantial portion of the direct care workforce, direct care shortages may be worse than previously estimated.

Fellow Gray Babbs

12.09.2019 a close-up of a person holding a card

Caregivers' Culture of Care

Adhering to the traditional family norm of filial obligation has a protective effect on Chinese immigrants' caregiving burdens.

Guest Author May Guo

11.19.2019 close up of an old person's hands

20 Years of Options in Oregon

Health departments play an important role in providing objective data as states consider legalizing an option to hasten death in terminally-ill patients.

Guest Author Katrina Hedberg

10.23.2019 a close up of a man's hands

Our Silent Caregivers

Family caregiving has historically focused on female assistance, and men’s contributions to long-term caregiving have been marginalized and under-estimated.

Guest Author Mónika López-Anuarbe

11.29.2018 Child of color at daycare

Who Cares for Our Children?

Parents assume their child will be treated fairly and with respect at childcare facilities, but children of color may be experiencing bias from the adults caring for them.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

10.16.2018 Dance at a nursing home with an older woman reaching for a blue balloon

The Way We Do Things Around Here

Cultural change in nursing homes requires consistency, institutional commitment, local champions, and focusing on the positive.

Guest Author Christine W. Hartmann

09.17.2018 A single lit candle

Advance Care Planning among African Americans: What is <strike>Wrong</strike> Strong?

We must carefully avoid making assumptions about patient preferences regarding advance care planning based on race or other cultural attributes.

Guest Author Justin Sanders

04.09.2018 Nursing home corridor

Will You Still Need Me?

Nursing homes aren't for other people, they're for all of us. Here are three steps everyone can take to improve the image and reality of nursing home care.

Guest Author Christine W. Hartmann

04.04.2018 a man wearing a rainbow hat and a red shirt with his arm around another man

Caring for the LGBTQ+ and Elderly

To many LGBTQ+ older adults, navigating health care means returning to the closet, hiding their identities and relationships. Cultural compliance training helps health care providers and patients examine biases and reduce discrimination.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

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