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| What quality paid home care means to family caregivers | | Author(s) | Kathleen W Piercy, Gregory J Dunkley |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 23, no 3, September 2004 |
| Pages | pp 175-192 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Stress ; Attitude ; Home care services ; Quality ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors compare and contrast what good and poor quality home care means to the caregiving efforts of family caregivers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with caregivers and were analysed qualitatively using McCracken's (1988) five-step method for analysis of long interviews. Data from two studies were combined because of similarities in the sample characteristics and interview questions, and because data from the second study included both positive and negative experiences with home care providers. The authors find that the caregivers perceived good quality paid home care facilitated enhanced quality of life for care recipients and improved perceptions of their performance as caregivers. When paid home care was of poor quality, caregivers felt more stress and increased their monitoring of providers. Caregiver circumstances, as well as care recipient needs, should be considered in making decisions about who receives formal home care services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040909237 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: QNH: DP: NH: 59: 3DP: 7T |
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