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Community services and caregivers of a demented relative
— users and those perceiving a barrier to their use | | Author(s) | Louise Lévesque, Sylvie Cossette, Louise Potvin |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 19, no 2, Summer 2000 |
| Pages | pp 186-209 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Day services ; Home nursing ; Home care services ; Usage [services] ; Stress ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Canadian caregivers' use of day care centres, attendant care at home, and home help, and of non-use of these services due to perceived barriers is examined. Subjects were 265 primary caregivers living with a demented relative. Across the three services considered, under high relatives' needs (high ADL impairments or frequent dysfunctional behaviours), caregivers with high psychological distress compared to those with low psychological distress, were more likely to be non-users reporting no need for a service than to be users or non-users due to a barrier. This suggests that psychological distress may impede service use, despite a relative's high needs. Vulnerability factors were associated with day centre or attendant care use. These factors were also associated with non-use due to a barrier. In addition, caregivers with less informal support who were caring for a relative with high ADL impairments were more likely to be non-users perceiving a barrier to attendant care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001113224 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: NM: N4: NH: QLD: QNH: 7S |
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