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Our Parents' Keepers: An Analysis of Values and Dilemmas in Home Care of the Frail Elderly

Marguerite D. Kermis

Canisius College, Buffalo, New York

Neal S. Bellos

Syracuse University

Charles R. Schmidtke

Canisius College, Buffalo, New York

The rapid increase in numbers of older people, combined with a decrease in financial support for human and health services, has led to values and policy dilemmas in home care of the frail elderly. A consideration offour sets of American values—democratic utilitarianism, individual rights and self-fulfillment, equality, and efficiency in work and production—is made as they apply to policies and programs relating to home care. It is important for those involved in gerontological education, research, and practice to rethink home care policies in order to examine the value-laden assumptions upon which these policies are based. Such examination may lead to a remediation of the dilemmas currently encountered by clients and caregivers in the home care situation.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 126-138 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/073346488600500203
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