Podcasts about young caregivers

On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Natalie Pope, the Otis Endowed Professor in Gerontology & Intergenerational Social Work and Director of Doctoral programs in the College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky. In 2010 Dr. Pope received her Ph.D. in Social Work at the University of Georgia with a concentration on qualitative research methods.  Dr. Pope’s program of research broadly focuses on older adults and their family caregivers. Specifically, her scholarship aims to address the following areas: 1) planning for future caregiving needs, 2) behavioral health of community-dwelling older adults, and 3) family caregiving across the life span. Her teaching in the college centers on clinical social work practice, Dr. Pope teaches courses on clinical social work practice, human behavior theory, and qualitative research methods. Segment 1: Young Caregivers [00:00-19:15] In this first segment, Natalie shares about some of her research on young caregivers. Segment 2: Foster Parent Mentoring [19:16-36:13] In segment two, Natalie discusses her research on foster parent mentoring and using dyadic analysis. In this segment, the following resources are mentioned: These two papers talk about dyadic method specifically: Eisikovits, Z. & Koren, C. (2010). Approaches to and outcomes of dyadic interview analysis. Qualitative Health Research, 20(12), 1642-1655. doi:10.1177/1049732310376520 Manning, J. & Kunkel, A. (2015). Qualitative approaches to dyadic data analyses in family communication research: An invited essay. Journal of Family Communication, 15, 185-192. doi:10.1080/15267431.2015.1043434 This paper is an exemplar of dyadic analysis: Koren, C. (2011). Continuity and discontinuity: The case of second couplehood in old age. The Gerontologist, 51(5), 687-98. doi:10.1093/geront/gnr018 To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the “Research in Action” podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: riapodcast@oregonstate.edu Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Oregon State University Ecampus or Oregon State University.

Doctoral candidate, Feylyn Lewis, joins us live to talk about the growing trend of caregivers aged 18-25. These young caregivers often pu their futures and their education on hold in order to care for a loved one without financial compensation. Have questions? Do you know one? Or are we talking about you? Call in with your questions to talk to us.

Doctoral candidate, Feylyn Lewis, joins us live to talk about the growing trend of caregivers aged 18-25. These young caregivers often pu their futures and their education on hold in order to care for a loved one without financial compensation. Have questions? Do you know one? Or are we talking about you? Call in with your questions to talk to us.