{"product_id":"lifting-our-voices-9780231140614","title":"Lifting Our Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLifting Our Voices\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book to explore the dual roles of professional social workers who are also family caregivers and the only collection on caregiving in which the majority of contributors are African American. After discussing the relevant literature, \u003ci\u003eLifting Our Voices\u003c\/i\u003e vividly and sensitively presents the caregiving experiences of ten professional social workers. Using professional and theoretical knowledge and skills, each contributor draws implications for various levels of social work and human service interventions. These poignant descriptions and analyses recount both the frustrations and barriers of negotiating social service agencies and other institutions and the joys and triumphs of family caregiving. \u003ci\u003eLifting Our Voices\u003c\/i\u003e frankly discusses how a professional education either prepares or fails to equip an individual with the skills for successful intervention on behalf of a loved one. Contributors hail from rich and varied backgrounds, revealing the importance of age, ethnicity, gender, marital status, and gerontological expertise in the practice of family caregiving. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays explore situations rarely reported on in the literature, such as caregivers and care recipients who represent the lifespan from preschool to retirement. \u003ci\u003eLifting Our Voices\u003c\/i\u003e graphically describes types of caregiving that are seldom discussed, including simultaneous caregiving to multiple family members and reciprocal and sequential caregiving, thus broadening and refining the very concepts of \"caregiving\" and \"family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joyce Beckett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980260249718,"sku":"9780231140614","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_5d4a9870-086d-42d1-9ff2-a19e274f5b90.jpg?v=1768549088","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/lifting-our-voices-9780231140614","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}