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Strategies to Support Rural Caregivers: Practice, Education and Training, Research, Policy, and Advocacy

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Rural Caregiving in the United States

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Rural caregivers need support in areas that are similar to and yet very different from their urban counterparts. Regardless of geographic location, caregivers report needs for assistance with physical care of their care receiver, dealing with medical professionals; medication and nutrition issues; managing formal caregivers; financial, legal, and insurance concerns; appropriate and affordable housing; transportation; psychosocial issues of both the caregiver and the care receiver, and family relationships (Bédard et al., 2004; Glasgow, 2000; NRHA, 2004). Caregiving situations in rural communities mirror those in urban settings and include providing care for aging persons as well as children or adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, or acute and chronic medical conditions.

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  1. FamilyYouth and Community Sciences, University of Florida, 3031 McCarty Hall D, 110310, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0310, USA

    Carolyn S. Wilken Ph.D.

  2. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Brianne McCarthy Stanback MFYCS

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    Ronda C. Talley

  2. Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 62901, Illinois, USA

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  3. College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Newton Road 50, Iowa City, 52242, Iowa, USA

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Wilken, C.S., Stanback, B.M. (2011). Strategies to Support Rural Caregivers: Practice, Education and Training, Research, Policy, and Advocacy. In: Talley, R., Chwalisz, K., Buckwalter, K. (eds) Rural Caregiving in the United States. Caregiving: Research, Practice, Policy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0302-9_11

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