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| The stress process of family caregiving in institutional settings | | Author(s) | Carol J Whitlatch, Dorothy Schur, Linda S Noelker |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 4, August 2001 |
| Pages | pp 462-473 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Depression ; Stress ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This American study adapts the Stress Process Model (SPM) of family caregiving to examine the predictors of depression in a sample of 133 caregivers with demented relatives residing in suburban skilled nursing facilities. Family caregivers were interviewed of family members residing in skilled nursing homes using a variety of measures to assess primary stressors, secondary strain, nursing home stressors and caregiver depression. Results indicated that positive resident adjustment to placement was best predicted by the closeness of the resident-caregiver relationship and nursing home stressors. Caregiver strain, resident adjustment and nursing home stressors best predicted caregiver adjustment. In turn, the best predictors of caregiver depression included caregiver age, adjustment to the nursing home and nursing home stressors. These results suggest that caregiver depression is closely linked to how well both the resident and caregiver adjust to the nursing home environment. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011008203 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: ENR: QNH: LHB:QKH: 3F: 7T |
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