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Burden and well-being among caregivers: examining the distinction
- Authors:
- CHAPPELL. Neena L., REID R. Colin
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(6), December 2002, pp.772-780.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This study assessed overall quality of life of caregivers, using a model in which burden was conceptualised as distinct from well-being. Well-being was directly affected by four variables: perceived social support, burden, self-esteem, and hours of informal care. Burden was affected directly by behavioral problems, frequency of getting a break, self-esteem, and informal hours of care and was not affected by perceived social support. The finding that perceived social support is strongly related to well-being but unrelated to burden reinforces the conceptual distinctiveness of the latter two concepts. This suggests that quality of life of caregivers could be improved even with burden in their lives and that the overwhelming focus in caregiving research on burden should be supplemented with an emphasis on quality of life.
Managing resources in later life: older people's experience of change and continuity
- Authors:
- HILL Katherine, SUTTON Liz, COX Lynne
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 71p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
In this research report the ways in which older people plan, use and value their resources as they move through later life was explored through in-depth interviews with people aged 65-84 years. Participants were followed up after two years in order to investigate their changing needs. It was found that older people have available a diverse range of personal, social, structural, economic and psychological resources to draw upon. The complexity of the individual lives studied, and the efforts being made to remain independent, were also revealed. The report highlights how, for older people, the degree of dependence is socially determined by the resources available to them. The researchers suggest that policy makers need to address how best to deliver information and support to those in most need, as well as some who resist admitting that need.
Caring for someone in their own home: a handbook for friends and family
- Author:
- HOWARD Helen
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 280p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One in eight people in Britain is now a carer. This helpful book is packed with practical information about dealing with the everyday business of caring for someone, usually an older person, in their own home, from medication to moving and handling someone without damaging one's back. Chapters include: daily essentials, coping with a crisis, dealing with the health and social care system, meeting carer's own needs, and what to do if someone dies. There is also a useful section on lifting, supporting, turning, lowering, and generally handling a person properly to minimise the risk of damage. There is advice on mobility, equipment, taking medicines, exercise, finances, coming out of hospital, care homes, and learning to say no.
The Savvy Caregiver Program: developing and testing a transportable dementia family caregiver training programme
- Authors:
- HEPBURN Kenneth W., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(6), December 2003, pp.908-915.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article reports on the development and field testing of the Savvy Caregiver Program, the transformation of a successful, academic-based caregiver psychoeducational programme into a self-contained programme that can be adopted in other locations. Program development began with a prototype of a 12-hr course with the aims of introducing family caregivers to the caregiving role, providing them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to carry out that role, and alerting them to self-care issues. Results from initial field trials dictated a substantial revision of the workshop materials. The next version was field tested in multiple sites in southern rural Minnesota, Colorado, and Alaska. In this expanded testing, participants evaluated the program, and cross-group comparisons were conducted by use of well-established caregiver well-being scales. Virtually all respondents reported increased skill, knowledge, and confidence, and all would recommend the program to others. A preintervention versus postintervention analysis indicates that caregivers' reaction to the overall behaviour of the persons for whom they provide care, their self-reported burden, and their beliefs about caregiving changed significantly in directions indicating better caregiver well-being. Results suggest that it is feasible to translate a research-based caregiver intervention into a packaged programme that can be adopted in other settings without the direct involvement of the program initiators.
Lifestyle and health behaviors among female family dementia caregivers: a comparison of wives and daughters
- Authors:
- McKIBBIN C.L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 3(2), May 1999, pp.165-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study was conducted to describe lifestyle and health behaviours among American caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia and to compare the lifestyle and health behaviours of wives and daughters. In general, caregivers were similar to population norms in their age group. The two groups appeared similar on most health behaviours of interest (i.e. medication use, alcohol consumption or exercise habits). The need for continued research including samples of less advantaged caregivers is discussed.
Ageing, health and care
- Author:
- VICTOR Christina R.
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 224p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This publication provides an overview of the health status of older people. It discusses how older people define and understand the meaning of health in old age; the nature of health problems and policy and service responses; and an examination of the variability of health experiences of older people with gender, age socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Chapter One provides the demographic context and discusses how older people understand their health. Chapters Two and Three consider the different aspects of physical health in old age, including the methodological difficulties of studying health in old age and the stereotype view that older people's health experiences are the same. Chapter Four focuses on mental health, covering dementia, cognitive impairment, depression and suicide. Chapter Five looks at health and lifestyle including diet, exercise and the 'long history of trying to live longer'. Chapter Six covers health and social care provision and the relationship with informal care. Chapter Seven looks at the likely health experiences of the next generation of older people and the potential impacts of an ageing population in a global context. Each chapter includes key definitions of terms, activities, further reading and useful websites. The publication is part of the Ageing and the Life Course series.
A survival guide to later life
- Author:
- SHOARD Marion
- Publisher:
- Robinson
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 644p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book explains all the different ways in which elderly people can help themselves and how their relatives and friends can make life easier for them. Its guidance and suggestions, offering many little-known tips, include: how older people can live in their own homes for as long as possible; what social services departments and the NHS can be made to provide; how to choose a care home; whether an older person should move in with relatives; how to keep afloat financially and staying healthy and happy.
Integrating theory, basic research, and intervention: two case studies from caregiving research
- Authors:
- PILLEMER Karl, SUITOR Jill, WETHINGTON Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(Special Issue), March 2003, pp.19-28.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The premise of this article is that interventions should be based explicitly on theory and basic research findings. Although there appears to be general agreement with that assertion, the connections among theory, research, and intervention in the field of gerontology are often tenuous or nonexistent. In this article, we argue for better integration of these three domains, providing two case studies that illustrate the positive role theory and research can play in intervention designs and broader applicability of findings. Study 1 involved a social support intervention for persons making the transition to becoming a family caregiver. Study 2 was an organizational intervention designed to improve interpersonal relationships and increase mutual support between family caregivers and staff in nursing homes.