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| The willingness to continue caring in family supporters of older people | | Author(s) | Kevin J McKee, Janice E Whittick, Mary M L Gilhooly |
| Journal title | Health & Social Care in the Community, vol 7, no 2, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 100-108 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Stress ; Dundee. |
| Annotation | Research has revealed the importance of characteristics of the supporter, the care recipient, and circumstances of caregiving in the success or failure of community-based care of older people. The Dundee Study of Carers and Dementia examined factors associated with the maintenance and care of older people in the community, and with the impact of dementia on family supporters. Two hundred and twenty-eight family supporters of community-resident older people (50% with dementia; 50% without) were interviewed. Supporters' responses to their relative's condition and circumstances, their ways of coping with stressful caregiving problems, and their willingness to continue their caregiving role, were assessed. Findings indicated that willingness to care and stress were associated in different ways with the supporter's response to his/her relative. Coping was found to be significantly associated with stress, response to relative, and willingness to care in only 3 out of 45 tests. Willingness to care was positively associated with the coping behaviour internalisation. The findings are discussed in the context of developing interventions for carers. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990308403 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: QNH: 9EB |
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