How Is the Toolkit Organized?

The toolkit has four main sections:

• In this section you’ll find, besides an introduction, the definitions of terms used throughout the toolkit.
• The second section focuses on the key role of family caregivers—who they are, what they do, and why knowing their needs is important. A list of additional resources we have found useful and sources used for statistics are also provided at the end of the section.
• The third section provides a set of basic guidelines for conducting caregiver assessment including: recommended areas to cover and questions to include in a caregiver assessment; and answers to the “who, when, where and by whom” questions for implementing the assessment. A list of fundamental principles to guide practitioners in conducting caregiver assessments is also included.
• The fourth section summarizes the toolkit and provides three   appendices with additional information including: six sample caregiver assessment tools; an annotated list of FCA publications relating to caregiver assessment including FCA’s handy publication, Selected Caregiver Assessment Measures: A Resource Inventory for Practitioners; and  an annotated bibliography of caregiver assessment materials and journal articles.

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