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Patterns of family visiting with institutionalized elders
— the case of dementia | | Author(s) | Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani, Carol S Aneshensel, Lené Levy-Storms |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 4, July 2002 |
| Pages | pp S234-S246 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Family care ; Visiting ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Long-term trajectories of nursing home visits by family caregivers of those with dementia were examined using data from a California 5-year longitudinal study of family caregiving. This analysis used a subsample of 200 caregivers who moved their relatives from home to a nursing home. The frequency (times per week) and length (hours per week) of visits for up to 5 years of placement were examined in relation to select caregiver and care recipient characteristics. A semi-parametric, group-based method using a latent class mixture model was used to identify distinctive trajectories over time. The majority of caregivers maintained the frequency and length of their visits for extended periods of time. Being a spouse, lower education, a close past relationship, a strong sentiment against nursing home admission, or living close by predicted the most frequent and longer visits. To a large extent, family visits to nursing home residents with dementia become established in the period immediately after relocation, which means that efforts to enhance family involvement should begin at the time of admission. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020904207 A |
| Classmark | EA: LHB:QKH: P6:SJ: NP: 3J: 7T |
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