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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.
How costly is it to care for disabled elders in a community setting?
- Authors:
- HARROW Brooke S., TENNSTEDT Sharon L., McKINLAY John B.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 35(6), December 1995, pp.803-813.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Describes the total cost of care, including both informal caregiving and formal services for a cohort of disabled elderly living in the community in the USA. Increased disability was associated with increased costs. High-cost elders were more likely to be severely disabled, live with their caregiver, and become institutionalised. For most elders, even the cost of a complete substitution of informal care for formal services, plus living expenses, was less costly than nursing home care.