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Family involvement in nursing homes
— effects on stress and well-being | | Author(s) | J E Gaugler, K A Anderson, S H Zarit |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 65-75 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Family care ; Family relationships ; Stress ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Pre-placement and post-placement data from the US Caregiver Stress and Coping Study (n=105) was used, along with the stress process model, a theoretical framework to delineate the manifestation of caregiver stress. The aim was to determine whether frequency of visits and provision of personal and instrumental activities of daily living assistance following nursing home admission were related to family members' emotional distress, family conflict, and psychological well-being. Following control of a wide range of pre- and post-admission covariates, multiple regression models found that visiting was negatively associated with post-admission overload. Moreover, the provision of IADL help was negatively related to loss of intimate exchange post-admission. The results suggest that family involvement following institutionalisation may operate differently than when in the community, and add to the literature emphasising the positive implications of family involvement in residential long-term care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040311213 A |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: P6:SJ: DS:SJ: QNH: D:F:5HH: 3J: 7T |
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