After completing this chapter, the student will be able to:

1. Describe how a caregiver’s gender can affect the type of care he or she gives to an aged relative.
2. Discuss how responsibilities of caregiving affect a family member’s work and personal life.
3. Identify how an aged person’s need for care can affect family relationships.
4. Describe the kind of home- and community-based services available to the frail elderly.
5. Explain how private long-term-care insurance can help families to manage the expense and burden of caregiving.
6. Describe how government regulations and the rise of for-profit nursing home chains affected the availability and quality of nursing home care.