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| Emotional reactions and life changes of caregivers of demented patients when home caregiving ends | | Author(s) | U Eloniemi-Sulkava, T Rahkonen, M Suihkonen |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 6, no 4, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp 343-349 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Finland. |
| Annotation | Many studies indicate that the cessation of caregiving of demented patients has positive effects on caregivers' lives, but contradictory findings have also been reported. This study investigates how such caregivers experienced the cessation of caregiving, how their lives changed, and which factors predicted emotional reactions and life changes. Data was collected by semi-structured telephone interviews with 64 Finnish caregivers of demented people, recruited from the authors' previous intervention study (2001). At the point of cessation of caregiving, spouse caregivers had the highest risk for loneliness, depressive feelings and sorrow than non-spouse caregivers. Feelings of relief were associated with non-spouses. Community care support obtained during the 2001 study had protected the caregivers from loneliness, depressive feelings and sorrow. After the end of caregiving, spouse caregivers tended to experience more negative life changes. The increased number of leisure activities was associated with the support during community care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216532 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: DP: 3F: 76L |
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