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Listening to older care-givers: research into aspirations for support
- Authors:
- SKELTON Judd, et al
- Publisher:
- Manchester Metropolitan University. Interpersonal and Organisational Development Research Group
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 69p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
There is a need to address the problems identified by the study through multi-sectoral policies and programmes to sustain the health of older care-givers and to maintain their ability to provide adequate care. The fact that older care givers on “24-hour call” are particularly prone to failing health comes as no surprise. Often, there is a combination of factors such as vulnerability, heavy physical demands of care and a sense of losing the quality of life. Other contributory factors are the lack of sleep and rest, the curtailment or suppression of periods of sickness and the inability of maintaining hobbies. The main indicators of negative health effects are depression, fear and a low assessment of one’s own health.
The Prince Henry Hospital dementia caregivers' training programme
- Authors:
- BRODATY Henry, GRESHAM Meredith, LUSCOMBE Georgina
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(2), February 1997, pp.183-192.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the theory, elements and practice of a successful caregiver training programme in a psychiatry unit in a general teaching hospital Sydney Australia, and reports on the eight year outcome. All patients received a structured memory retraining and activity programme. Caregivers received a structured, residential, intensive 10-day training programme. Results suggest that caregiver training programmes demonstrably can delay the institutionalisation of people with dementia .
Clinical diagnoses and disability of cognitively impaired older persons as predictors of stress in their carers
- Authors:
- CULLEN John S., GRAYSON David A., JORM Anthony F.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(10), October 1997, pp.1019-1028.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aspects of the caring relationship are often promoted as more important than the clinical features of the care recipient in predicting caregiver wellbeing. This article reports on a study investigating the clinical profiles of cognitively impaired care recipients as predictors of the psychological morbidity of their carers. It also examines whether features of the care recipient, caregiver or their relationship are additional predictors of caregiver wellbeing. Results found that the subjects' clinical characteristics, in particular disability and disturbed behaviour, were strong predictors of caregiver wellbeing. Sociodemographic, caregiver and relationship characteristics were found to be less influential.
Awareness of deficit in Alzheimer's Disease: relation to caregiver burden
- Authors:
- SELTZER Benjamin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(1), February 1997, pp.20-24.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) show varying degrees of awareness of their deficits. To examine the impact of this phenomenon upon the distress experienced by family caregivers of AD patients, the authors analysed caregiver burden in relation to patient awareness of deficit in three different functional domains. The relationship of burden to selected sociodemographic variables was also explored. Results of multiple regression analyses suggested that caregiver burden was associated with impaired patient awareness of memory deficit independent of disease stage and dementia severity. The findings suggest that impaired awareness may be an important mediator of caregiver burden, a concern in the management of AD.
Caregiving and employment: the impact of workplace characteristics on role strain
- Authors:
- FREDRIKSEN Karen I., SCHARLACH Andrew E.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 28(4), 1997, pp.3-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines job classification and other workplace characteristics as potential mediators of role strain among university employees with adult care responsibilities. After controlling for background caregiver characteristics and the intensity of care giving demands, it was found that job classification, hours worked, work demands, workplace support, and job flexibility contributed significantly to role strain. Caregivers in staff positions provided higher levels of caregiving assistance and experienced less flexibility, control, and support at the workplace than did academics and administrators. These findings have implications for the development of workplace policies and procedures that are responsive to the unique needs of diverse employee groups.
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.
Emotional distress and morbidity in dementia carers: a matched comparison of husbands and wives
- Authors:
- COLLINS Chris, JONES Roberts
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12(12), December 1997, pp.1168-1173.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Aims to replicate previous findings that women experience more strain and distress than men when caring for dementing spouses, and explores what factors underlie this sex difference. Find that the wives' levels of strain and morale were found to be significantly worse than husbands'. There were qualitative differences between husbands and wives in terms of caregiving tasks undertaken. It is concluded that such attitudinal or social factors are the chief determinants of wives' higher levels of strain and distress.
The effects of offspring gender on older mothers caring for their sons and daughters with mental retardation
- Authors:
- FULLMER Elise M., TOBIN Sheldon S., SMITH Gregory C.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), December 1997, pp.795-803.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses how most caregivers of adults with mental retardation are older women, yet information is sparse regarding the nature of this support. This article explores the relationship between offspring gender and caregiving by older mothers. Finds that gender differences have implications for outreach to, and services for, these families.
Extending a helping hand
- Authors:
- SIMIC Paul, LAMBAT Ismail
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.10.97, 1997, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is a popular misconception that Asian extended families always 'look after their own'. The authors describe a project which aims to support Asian families and prevent the abuse which can arise under stress.
Coping in family supporters of elderly people with dementia
- Authors:
- McKEE Kevin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36(3), September 1997, pp.323-340.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on the Dundee Study of Supporters and Dementia which looks at factors associated with the maintenance and care of the demented elderly in the community, and with the impact of dementia on family supporters. Findings indicated that the majority of supporters of community-resident elderly relatives reported coping well. Supporters predominantly used emotion-focused coping strategies as their main way of coping. However, those supporters who reported using a problem-focused strategy were found to score better on measures of coping than those supporters using an emotion-focused strategy. The implications of the findings are discussed with regard to coping research, and for interventions to improve the well-being of supporters of an elderly relative with dementia in the community.