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Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in Conducting Caregiver Educational and Support Groups

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Education and Support Programs for Caregivers

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Ethnicity, culture, and gender are variables that give meaning to the group experience as they provide a lens through which the group is perceived. Each can influence an individual’s decision to join such a group as well determine the impact of the group. With the increasing diversity of society and the expansion of caregiver groups, it is critical to understand the roles that these factors can play in the group experience. This chapter discusses the ways in which ethnicity, culture, and gender can impact on caregiver education and support groups. In order to depict the role of these factors in groups, the author describes their impact and effects in empowerment groups for grandparent caregivers, a specific type of education and support group developed by the author for grandparents raising their grandchildren (Cox, 2000).

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  1. Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA

    Carole Cox

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  1. Inst. Gerontology, State University of New York, Albany, Western Avenue 135, Albany, 12222, New York, USA

    Ronald W. Toseland

  2. Rosalynn Carter Inst. Caregiving, Georgia Southwestern State University, Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA

    David H. Haigler

  3. College of Human Ecology, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Sims Hall, Syracuse, 13244, New York, USA

    Deborah J. Monahan

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Cox, C. (2011). Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in Conducting Caregiver Educational and Support Groups. In: Toseland, R., Haigler, D., Monahan, D. (eds) Education and Support Programs for Caregivers. Caregiving: Research, Practice, Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8031-1_5

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