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| The effects of nursing home placement on family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Morton A Lieberman, Lawrence Fisher |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 6, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp 819-826 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Family care ; Stress ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A 2-year study with 235 families recruited from 8 clinical outpatient centres and supported by the State of California sought to determine the effects of nursing home placement (NHP) for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) compared with maintaining community placement on changes in family caregiver health and well-being over time. Family caregiver health and well-being did not improve over time following NHP, and there were no significant differences in health and well-being between family caregivers who placed their sick relative in a nursing home and those kept at home or in the community. However, female family caregivers and spouses displayed greater declines in health and well-being over time, compared to other family caregivers, regardless of whether or not NHP occurred. Families considering NHP need to be advised of what may and may not change following NHP. Variation in the effects of NHP may be more related to pre-NHP family processes and relationships than to the severity of the patient's disability, caregiver strain, patient and caregiver demographics, or use of community-based professional services. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020130211 A |
| Classmark | EA: LHB:QKH: P6:SJ: QNH: 3F: 7T |
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