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Formal versus informal support — stress buffering among dementia caregivers
Author(s)	S Deborah Majerovitz
Journal title	Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 7, no 4, Winter 2001
Pages	pp 413-424
Keywords	Dementia ; Services ; Spouses as carers ; Stress ; Well being ; United States of America.
Annotation	Of the 54 spouse caregivers to dementia patients in this US study, most received no caregiving help from informal sources, while half of the sample employed a paid caregiver. There were no direct or buffering effects of informal help. Paid help buffered the relationship between caregiving stress and caregiver burden. Perceived availability of social support buffered the relationship between caregiving stress and depression. These findings suggest that both formal and informal supports are important for the psychological well-being of spouse caregivers, and that they may affect different aspects of well-being. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020416204 A
Classmark	EA: I: P6:SN: QNH: D:F:5HH: 7T
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