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| Coping with dementia: family caregiver burnout and abuse | | Author(s) | Margaret Quayhagen, Mary P Quayhagen, Thomas L Patterson |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 3, no 3, Winter 1997 |
| Pages | pp 357-364 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Aggression ; Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Stress ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Behavioural deterioration and caregiver stress increase the risk of burnout and aggression in families coping with dementia. In this US study, burnout and other health outcomes were examined in abusive and non-abusive spouse carers, along with patterns of coping and forms of support. Content analysis of qualitative interview data revealed hostile, abusive behaviour in 33 couples, with 17 caregivers and 16 care recipients as perpetrators. The samples were matched with 17 non-abusive couples on level of deterioration and compared to 17 healthy controls. Analysis of variance results showed that the caregiver abusers scored higher than the non-abusers and controls on self-report of depression, anxiety, and hostility, together with burnout from mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion. The abusive caregivers also had poorer physical health. The caregivers of abusive spouses had higher situational stress and reported more frequent use of support seeking, escape/avoidance, and positive reappraisal coping strategies. Recommendations for further research are outlined. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980706406 A |
| Classmark | QNT: EPB: EA: P6:SN: QNH: 7T |
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