| |
| |
| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
The prevalence of potentially abusive behaviours in family caregiving
— findings from a national survey of family carers of older people | | Author(s) | Attracta Lafferty, Gerard Fealy, Carmel Downes, Jonathan Drennan |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 45, no 5, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 703-707 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Family care ; Cross sectional surveys ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | Family caregiving can be both rewarding and fulfilling. However, conflicts can occur in the caregiving relationship, and some family carers may engage in behaviours that could be potentially harmful to the older person for whom them provide care. In a cross-sectional survey, the prevalence of potentially abusive behaviours towards older people by family carers was determined in a self-completion questionnaire was posted to 4,000 family carers of older people across Ireland. The sample was selected from family carers in receipt of a social welfare payment for the care they provide to a relative aged 65 and older. 2,311 eligible completed questionnaires were returned (response rate 58%). More than a third of family carers (36.8%) reported that they engaged in potentially harmful behaviours towards their older family member in the 3 months prior to the survey. Of these potentially harmful behaviours, a third (35.9%) reported that they engaged in potentially harmful psychological behaviours and 8% reported engaging in potentially harmful physical behaviours. Potentially abusive carer behaviours therefore need to be detected at an early stage, so that preventive interventions can be introduced to avert caregiving situations deteriorating into serious cases of elder abuse. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-170106229 A |
| Classmark | QNT: P6:SJ: 3KB: 763 |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|
|