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Gender, kinship and caregiver burden — the case of community-dwelling memory impaired seniors
Author(s)	Neale R Chumbler, James W Grimm, Marisue Cody
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 8, August 2003
Pages	pp 722-732
Keywords	Memory disorders ; Living in the community ; Family relationships ; Informal care ; Stress ; United States of America.
Annotation	A sample of 305 family caregivers of mentally-impaired individuals aged 70+ and living in the community in Arkansas participated in this study. A cross-sectional design was used, validating measures to assess both the memory-impaired older people's and the family caregivers' self-reported memory and physical status. After controlling for a number of factors, multiple regression analyses found kinship, but not gender differences in caregiver burden. Adult children experienced more caregiver burden than more distant relatives. There were no significant differences in caregiver burden between adult children and spouses. Adult daughters had greater caregiver burden scores compared to more distant relatives, but had comparable scores to wives, sons and husbands. Other significant correlates of burden included caregiver personal characteristics (age and ethnicity) and a sense of coherence. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030916208 A
Classmark	EH: K4: DS:SJ: P6: QNH: 7T
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