Program Area: Interdisciplinary
Aimee Fox, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center on Aging
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Abigail Latimer, PhD, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
University of Kentucky College of Nursing
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
Professor Emeritus
School of Social Work
University at Buffalo
East Amherst, New York, United States
Abigail Latimer, PhD, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
College of Nursing
University of Kentucky College of Nursing
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Brianna Morgan, PhD (c), MSN, CRNP
Predoctoral Fellow
School of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Aimee Fox, PhD
Assistant Professor
Center on Aging
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C, FGSA
Benz Endowed Professor & Associate Professor of Social Work
School of Social Work
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio, United States
Harleah Buck, PhD, RN
Sally Mathis Hartwig Professor in Gerontological Nursing; Co-Director of the Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence
College of Nursing
Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Caregiving and care-sharing is a dynamic, stressful, and physically demanding responsibility, often leading to adverse psychological and physical outcomes. Caregiving for chronic illness and disease involves increasing complexity and scope of responsibilities and expectations. Utilizing strengths-based approaches and a variety of qualitative methods, this symposium highlights the many voices of care partners across the continuum of care; pre-, during and post-caregiving. First, Latimer and colleagues will present a case study of an older adult with multiple chronic illnesses, offering insight into anticipating care needs and coping with daily stressors of multi-morbidity in late life. Second, Morgan and colleagues will present findings from interviews with care partners on supporting the inner strength of those recently diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. Third, Fox and colleagues share results from a dyadic, multi-modal intervention for pain management. Care partners who both experience persistent pain discuss changes in their relationship as a result of participating in the intervention together. Fourth, Wladkowski discusses caregiver’s perspectives on live discharge and re-enrollment into hospice care. Her findings demonstrate how the anticipated “end” isn’t always the end for ADRD caregivers. Fifth, Buck and colleagues will share caregivers’ responses to a psychotherapy intervention for the treatment of complicated grief post-death of the care partner. Discussant Deborah Waldrop will contextualize these findings and offer suggestions for future research and interventions to enhance care partners’ well-being across the continuum of chronic illness and care.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Abigail Latimer, PhD, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky College of Nursing
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Brianna Morgan, PhD (c), MSN, CRNP – University of Pennsylvania
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Aimee Fox, PhD – Kansas State University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Stephanie P. Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C, FGSA – Bowling Green State University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Harleah Buck, PhD, RN – Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence