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Getting to the point: offspring carers and the nursing home decision
- Authors:
- NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L., REBELSKY Freda G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 31(3/4), 1999, pp.5-27.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the ways that 11 offspring caregivers talk about the possibility of nursing home admission for their physically disabled parents and explores the relationship between caregiver burden and nursing home placement. Content analysis of extended case narrative from qualitative, semi-structured interviews indicates that caregiver burden is related to feelings about nursing home use but does not necessarily signal a reluctance to continue providing care in the community. Discusses the findings in terms of supporting caregivers and keeping elders in the community.
The role of religion/spirituality in coping with caregiving for disabled elders
- Authors:
- CHANG Bei-Hung, NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(4), August 1998, pp.463-470.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines how religious/spiritual coping is related to specific conditions of caregiving and psychological distress among informal caregivers to community-residing disabled elders. Support was found for the hypothesis that religious/spiritual coping influences caregiver distress indirectly through the quality of the relationship between caregiver and care recipient. Caregivers who used religious or spiritual beliefs to cope with caregiving have a better relationship with care recipients, which is associated with lower levels of depression and role submersion.
Meaning in caregiving and its contribution to caregiver well-being
- Authors:
- NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), December 1997, pp.785-794.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the relationship between meaning in caregiving - positive beliefs about the caregiving situation and the self as caregiver - and the psychological well-being of informal caregivers to community-residing frail elders in the USA. Measures of well-being included depression, self-esteem, mastery, role captivity, and loss of self. The conceptual parameters of meaning in caregiving are discussed, as are directions for future research.