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| The grief experienced by spousal caregivers of dementia patients: the role of place of care of patient and gender of caregiver | | Author(s) | Marilyn G Rudd, Linda L Viney, Carol A Preston |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 48, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 217-240 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Bereavement ; Living in the community ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Differences in grief responses between spouse caregivers of patients with dementia at home and in nursing homes, and gender differences, were examined in this Australian study. Thirty husbands and thirty wives, with equal numbers of home and nursing home caregivers participated in the study. Four psychological states of grief were examined: anxiety, sadness, anger and guilt. Content analysis scales were scored to assess the four psychological states. A self-rating, adjective mood scale was also used as a secondary measure of those states. Findings revealed that nursing home caregivers expressed significantly higher levels of sadness and guilt than home caregivers. Home caregivers expressed more anger than nursing home caregivers, in particular wives. Caregiving wives expressed significantly higher levels of anxiety, sadness and anger than caregiving husbands. The results of the content analysis scales were confirmed by the secondary measure, but the former measure proved more powerful for detecting statistically significant differences. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990723235 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SN: DW: K4: LHB:LF: 7YA |
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