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| The long-term effect of group living homes versus regular nursing homes for people with dementia on psychological distress of informal caregivers | | Author(s) | Dieneke Smit, Selma te Boekhorst, Jacomine de Lange |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 15, no 5, July 2011 |
| Pages | pp 557-561 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Living in groups in institutions ; Group homes ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Family care ; Stress. |
| Annotation | This study examined the long-term influence of group living homes (GLHs) on informal carer distress compared to regular nursing homes (NHs). 37 informal carers of GLH and 49 of NH residents participated at the time of admission, at six months, and 24 months after admission. Psychopathology, role overload, and feelings of competence were measured. All outcomes of psychological distress in GLH carers showed significantly greater decline compared with NH caregivers during the first six months after admission. The course of psychological distress stabilised in both carer groups after six months. The authors concluded that GLHs may have played a role in reducing carer burden during the first six months after the nursing home admission of the care recipient. The stabilisation of carers' psychological distress between six and 24 months indicated that there was no further improvement in the GLH and NH groups after six months. This suggested that both GLHs and NHs succeeded in keeping carers' distress relatively low over the long term. More knowledge is needed on whether and how caregivers' psychological distress after institutionalisation of the care recipient can be reduced further. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111130002 A |
| Classmark | EA: KAB: KLN: KW: LHB: P6:SJ: QNH |
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