Caregiving in times of uncertainty: Helping adult children of aging parents find support during the COVID-19 outbreak

This reprinted chapter originally appeared in Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2020, 63[6-7], 542-552. (The following of the original article appeared in record 2020-41235-001.) The COVID-19 pandemic, which is especially dangerous to older people, has disrupted the lives of older people and their family caregivers. This commentary outlines the adaptive and emerging practices in formal supportive services for family caregivers, the changing types of support that family caregivers are providing to their older relatives, and the ways family caregivers are seeking informal caregiving support during the COVID-19 outbreak. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)