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| Institutionalization: a continuation of family care | | Author(s) | Donald E Stull, Janet Cosbey, Karen Bowman |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 16, no 4, December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 379-402 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Admission ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | It is often assumed that with institutionalisation comes an end to family caregiving. The aim of this study was to show that family caregiving continues even after institutionalisation of the care recipient. The data were drawn from 81 families whose older relatives were institutionalised. The findings indicate that the families remained involved in the care of their older relative after institutionalisation, although to a lesser degree and in different ways. Involvement in personal care tasks was reduced, not terminated; involvement in specialised needs, such as the financial and legal concerns of the older relative, continued, along with the new role of advocacy. The effects of caregiving were still felt by the primary caregivers, as were the effects of placing their care recipients in institutional care. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981015234 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: KW: LHB: QKH: 7T |
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