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The experiences and challenges of informal caregivers
— common themes and differences among whites, blacks and Hispanics | | Author(s) | Maryam Navaie-Waliser, Penny H Feldman, David A Gould |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 6, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp 733-741 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; White people ; Black people ; Family care ; Attitude ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A randomly selected representative cross-section of 2,241 New York households was contacted through telephone interviews. Complete data were available for 380 eligible participants: 164 Whites, 129 Blacks, and 87 Hispanic. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to examine differences in caregiving intensity, reported difficulty with providing care, and having unmet needs with care provision. More than 70% of caregivers had no help from formal caregivers, even though more than 80% had been providing care for at least 1 year, and 40% had been providing this care for 20 or more hours per week. Compared with White caregivers, Black caregivers were more likely to provide higher intensity care, to report having unmet needs with care provision, and to experience increased religiosity since becoming caregivers, but were less likely to report difficulty with providing care. Hispanic caregivers were more likely than White caregivers to have help from formal caregivers, and to experience increased religiosity since becoming caregivers. More culturally sensitive programmes, combined with outreach and support - particularly by religious institutions - are advocated. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020130202 A |
| Classmark | TK: TKA: TKE: P6:SJ: DP: EX: 48: 7T |
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