Learn about the conclusions of two recent caregiving research initiatives and how these findings can influence your work.
Dr. Elizabeth Lightfoot’s qualitative study Changes to Family Caregiving of Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities during COVID-19 discusses how the nature of caregiving for older adults and adults with disabilities changed during COVID-19. She focuses on how family caregivers of older adults or adults with disabilities perceived that family caregiving had changed and what strategies caregivers used to cope with these changes.
As one part of Dr. Lightfoot’s study, Kamal Suleiman will review highlights from the research and poster: Caregiving in the Somali-American community during COVID-19, drawn from in-depth interviews of ten Somali family caregivers in Minnesota. Specifically, he will describe investigating the unique caregiving challenges faced by Somali caregivers during the pandemic, focusing on major themes related to visitation, hospital accompaniment, and self-sacrifice.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will learn about how the nature of caregiving for older adults and adults with disabilities changed during COVID-19s and caregiver coping strategies.
- Attendees will learn of techniques or tools for caregiving to meet the current challenge.
- Attendees will learn about the unique attributes and strengths grounding family caregiving in the Somali community.
Here is the registration page: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JPwvhEgkTGi6DO3DH9FHDA
Time: Wednesday Oct 27th, 2021 @ 12pm CST
Training provided by the Minnesota Gerontology Society