Intergenerational Family Caregiving

Highlights:
Family members discuss their families’ experiences of mental illness and caregiving across generations, and insights they have gained as a result. (4:02)

Questions for Discussion:

• Family members talk about their experiences with mental illness
  and providing/receiving care in their families. What happens when care is absent or becomes more difficult? Discuss factors and experiences that can influence these shifts in the provision of care in families.
• Thinking about families as systems can provide a more comprehensive picture of a person (and family)’s mental illness experience. Discuss why it would be important to factor intergenerational mental illness into a person’s care.