Conventional wisdom often holds that the healthcare sector fares better than other sectors during economic downturns. However, little research has examined the relationship between local economic conditions and healthcare employment. Understanding how the healthcare sector responds to economic...

Introduction. New Perspectives on Caregiving -- Reformulating Stress and Burden -- Challenging the Medical Model of Dementia -- Looking to the Past: What the Nineteenth Century Can Tell Us -- The Elder Care Crisis: The Tyranny of the Family Responsibility Ethic -- "That Was No Respite for Me!":...