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Care recipients' psychological well-being — the role of sense of control and caregiver type
Author(s)	Edna Brown
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 11, no 4, July 2007
Publisher	Taylor & Francis, July 2007
Pages	pp 405-414
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Well being ; Depression ; Informal care ; Competence ; Correlation ; United States of America.
Annotation	Mediation and moderation hypotheses were tested to examine the link between caregiver type, sense of control, and depressive symptoms in older adult care recipients. All 127 recipients (aged 60-98) in this study reported at least one instrumental activity of daily living (IDL) impairment and 75% reported at least one activity of daily living (ADL) limitation. Results indicate that care recipients' depressive symptoms varied by caregiver type and level of sense of control. Recipients with low sense of control and family caregivers reported higher depressive symptoms than those with a low sense of control and non-family caregivers. The findings suggest that although some care recipients have caregivers, they may yet experience poor psychological well-being. Implications for practitioners are that in addition to their medical and physical health needs, the psychological well-being of care recipients is also important to consider. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-081124221 A
Classmark	D:F:5HH: ENR: P6: DPB: 49: 7T
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