Integrating Praxis Through the Research Process: Caregivers for Older Americans During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Freidus, Andrea; Shenk, Dena; Wolf, Christin

doi:10.1111/napa.12166

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“…3. For a discussion of frontline workers' experiences with Ebola and other respiratory infectious disease outbreaks, see also Freidus, Shenk, and Wolf (2021). 4.…”

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Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Freidus,

Shenk

2024

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There were many challenges, successes, and concerns in providing long-term care to older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at central North Carolina, the authors highlight the implications of providing long-term care to older Americans, with an emphasis on the importance of communication, resilience of staff, and value of human infrastructure. Based on extensive interviews, this collection of essays reflects on the participants’ individual experiences and represents the voices of staff and caregivers working in long-term residential care communities, in-home and community-based programs, as well as regional aging service providers and advocates.

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“…3. For a discussion of frontline workers' experiences with Ebola and other respiratory infectious disease outbreaks, see also Freidus, Shenk, and Wolf (2021). 4.…”

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Voices of Long-Term Care Workers

Freidus,

Shenk

2024

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“…She has used her anthropological background to develop community-based collaborations to improve the health of older persons ( Perkinson 2012 ). Scholars such as Freidus and Shenk (2020) ; Freidus et al (2021) have also recently used anthropological approaches to document and advance COVID-19 prevention strategies. In these instances, anthropologists have sought to inform the care of older persons by applying anthropological methods with specific health outcomes in mind.…”

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Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology: Toward an Applied Anthropological Gerontology

Howell,

Guest

2023

Social Sciences

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In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is formed by, and employed in, situations where meaningful engagement with practitioners and policymakers can lead to social change. Anthropology is the study of human societies in historical, biological, and sociocultural context, comprising a holistic field of study that can contribute unique methods, approaches, and theories to the field of gerontology. Although increasing amounts of anthropological scholarship have focused on older adulthood, this critical work of anthropologists still needs to be utilized by those in positions of power to enact change. Furthermore, the work conducted by anthropologists of aging has not consistently been recognized as anthropological scholarship. Therefore, a notable gap exists between the promise of the anthropology of aging and the utilization of the field, its findings, and engagement with the broader gerontological academy. As such, the contributions of anthropology to aging scholarship and the resulting reduction in inequities in the aging experience are not always adequately recognized. By examining the history of anthropology’s engagement with aging and the lifecourse, we argue for a more applied anthropological gerontology. We conclude with a call to action to ensure that anthropological gerontology is seen as a fundamental branch of scholarship, both within anthropology and gerontology, which can be used to improve the lived experiences of older adults globally.

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“…Some groups, however, have been especially affected, including adolescents and young people ( Campione-Barr et al., 2021 ; A. K. Cohen and Cromwell, 2021 ; Racine et al., 2021 ; van der Laan et al., 2021 ), students ( Gazmararian et al., 2021 ; Rudenstine et al., 2021 ; Wieczorek et al., 2021 ; Xu, 2021 ), people with family caregiving responsibilities ( Beach et al., 2021 ; S. A. Cohen et al., 2021 ; Russell et al., 2020 ), people experiencing pregnancy and/or new parenthood ( Hanetz-Gamliel et al., 2021 ; Shafer et al., 2020 ; Suzuki, 2020 )); and people in professional caregiving roles, including health care providers among others ( Abdalla et al., 2021 ; Freidus et al., 2021 ; Galbraith et al., 2021 ; Marvaldi et al., 2021 ).…”

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