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Prevalence and impact of caregiving — a detailed comparison between dementia and nondementia caregivers
Author(s)	Marcia G Ory, Richard R Hoffman III, Jennifer L Yee
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 2, April 1999
Pages	pp 177-186
Keywords	Informal care ; Dementia ; Stress ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Analysing data from more than 1,500 family caregivers from the US National Caregiver Survey 1996, this study documents the ways in which dementia care differs from other types of family caregiving. Not only do dementia caregivers spend significantly more hours per week providing care than non-dementia caregivers, they also report greater impacts in terms of employment complications, caregiver strain, mental and physical health problems, time for leisure and other family members, and family conflict. Differential impacts remain even after controlling for intensity of caregiving involvement and sociodemographic factors. The findings suggest the need to tailor programmes and services to the unique challenges faced by dementia caregivers. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990723210 A
Classmark	P6: EA: QNH: F: 3F: 7T
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