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| Caregiver physical and mental health predicts reactions to caregiving | | Author(s) | C M de Frias, H Tuokko, T Rosenberg |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 9, no 4, July 2005 |
| Pages | pp 331-336 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Informal care ; Attitude ; Evaluation ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Self-reported health and reactions to providing care to older people with cognitive or physical impairments were examined. Health status was examined on a single occasion in 177 people aged 63-94 referred to programmes within a comprehensive set of geriatric care services and the 133 family members involved in their care (ages 31-96). The 5-scale Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) was administered to the family members. Reliability analysis revealed that the CRA had good internal consistency. Being older was related to experiencing greater health problems in the caregiver role. Greater health problems from providing care were reported to caregivers in worse physical health and also when the care recipient had more physical pain. Caregivers who reported fewer health problems attributed to caregiving reported better mental health and less depressive symptomatology. Caregivers with health problems may be at increased risk of suffering from stress from caregiving. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202220 A |
| Classmark | CC: D: P6: DP: 4C: 3F: 7S |
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