The 2018 Groves Conference
"Caring for Each Other: Family Caregiving Across the Generations"
Program Chairs: Sharon Ballard and Coco Readdick
Location: Portland, Maine
June 10th-June 13th, 2018
Conference Theme and Description:
Caring is assumed to be a central family function. A baby is born, a parent ages, a teen falls prey to addiction, a parent loses a job, a family is displaced by a storm. And each event, normative and non-normative, impacts a family, demanding attention to, thought about, affection for, and provision for another, that is to say, care.
Family scholars and practitioners have an important role to play in understanding the ways in which we care for each other and how to support family caregivers. The 2018 conference program builds on past conference themes to provide a broad lens through which to explore family caregiving across generations.
Caring is assumed to be a central family function. A baby is born, a parent ages, a teen falls prey to addiction, a parent loses a job, a family is displaced by a storm. And each event, normative and non-normative, impacts a family, demanding attention to, thought about, affection for, and provision for another, that is to say, care.
Family scholars and practitioners have an important role to play in understanding the ways in which we care for each other and how to support family caregivers. The 2018 conference program builds on past conference themes to provide a broad lens through which to explore family caregiving across generations.