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Exploring strain in community and nursing home family caregivers
Author(s)	Karen F Bowman, Snigdha Mukherjee, Richard H Fortinsky
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 17, no 3, September 1998
Pages	pp 371-392
Keywords	Stress ; Family care ; Living in the community ; Nursing homes ; Mental disorder ; Correlation ; United States of America.
Annotation	This research in Ohio, US compared strain among 581 family caregivers of nursing home residents and older people living in the community, whose level of cognitive impairment ranged from none to severe. The study explored differences between the two caregiver groups in global and domain-specific strain, the impact of older people's cognitive impairments on strain, and correlates of strain. In models controlling for important correlates of caregiving, findings revealed no differences between caregiver groups on any measure of strain. Cognitive impairment was associated with increases in all strain measures for community caregivers, but only increased overall and emotional strain for nursing home caregivers. Characteristics of caregivers and caregiving situations were related to strain differently, depending on the domain of strain examined and the site of care. Implications for practice in nursing home settings are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990311213 A
Classmark	QNH: P6:SJ: K4: LHB: E: 49: 7T
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