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Factors affecting decisions to institutionalise demented elderly
- Authors:
- LIEBERMAN Morton A., KRAMER Joel H.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 31(3), June 1991, pp.371-374.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on a study which indicated that characteristics, type and number of caregivers and caregiver distress were most decisive in the eventual move to residential care.
The effects of family conflict resolution and decision making on the provision of help for an elder with Alzheimer's Disease
- Authors:
- LIEBERMAN Morton A., FISHER Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 39(2), April 1999, pp.159-166.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This American study explores how characteristics of multigeneration families of patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) affects the family's ability to provide help to their ill elder. An intensive patient and family assessment battery was employed with families with an elder with AD, and measures of the amount and kind of help offered by the family group were recorded. Above and beyond control variables, families that used a focused decision-making style and positive conflict resolution methods provided more help than families that did not use these styles and methods. These data suggest the importance of the family system of care in disease management.
The impact of chronic illness on the health and well-being of family members
- Authors:
- LIEBERMAN Morton A., FISHER Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(1), February 1995, pp.94-102.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the impact of dementia on the physical and mental health of all family members caring for an ill parent/spouse. The sample included spouses of patients diagnosed with either Alzheimer's Disease or vascular dementia. Severity of illness was significantly associated with health and well-being for spouses, offspring, and in-laws, regardless of the amount of caregiving. Use of services displayed no direct association with spouse health and well-being, but service utilization interacted with illness severity. The relationship between severity of illness and spouse health was lower under conditions of high service utilization than under conditions of low service utilization.
The effects of nursing home placement on family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- LIEBERMAN Morton A., FISHER Lawrence
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 41(6), December 2001, pp.819-826.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study sought to determine the effects of nursing home placement (NHP) for patients with Alzheimer's disease, compared to maintaining community placement, on changes in family caregiver health and well-being over time. Families were recruited from eight clinical outpatient centers, supported by the State of California, and followed in the community over time. Results found family caregiver health NHP, and there were no significant differences in health and well-being between family caregivers who placed their ill elder in a nursing home and those who kept the elderly at home or in the community. However, female family caregivers and spouses displayed greater declines in health and well-being over time, compared to other family caregivers, regardless of whether of not NHP occurred. Concludes that families considering NHP need to be advised of what may and may not change following NHP. Variation in the effects of NHP may be more related to pre-NHP family processes and relationships than to the severity of the patient's disability, caregiver strain, patient and caregiver demographics, and use of community-based professional services.